My Faith Said I Shouldn’t Get Divorced

I prayed for a miracle as my beliefs and reality were colliding

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On Facebook, a woman confided her marriage was falling apart and asked for prayers. She wanted to save her marriage. I read her post and understood her conflict. Not only the one between a husband and a wife.

The one between her and God.

Marriage is a vow. One we make before God. One that is supposed to be forever.

If all of these things are true, won’t God help us save our marriage?

Won’t He give us a miracle? Or divine intervention when our spouse is cheating, lying, has an addiction or is simply unwilling to work at the marriage.

I prayed and prayed for a miracle. My faith so deep I was certain if anything would get that miracle it would be my marriage.

I’ve often said I don’t know what my mother was thinking when she dropped this five-year-old, double pigtail wearing rule follower off at Catholic school.

My sister jokes that she was…