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Submitted by
Anonymous (29-Jan-13)
Problem:
I have an ex-boyfriend that has been in my life for the past 13 years. We dated for 6 of those 13 years and maintained a friendship after we broke up. We broke up because I believe he was cheating on me. When we first broke up I tried to distance myself from him but I was unsuccessful. I accidently found a job working for the same company as he was working for. I was completely unaware that he was working there until I saw him walking down the hallway one day. It was almost as if I couldn’t get away from him. Eventually I decided to just embrace a friendship with him, and we have been friends ever since. However our friendship has been limited to texting and the occasional phone call. Last week he told me that he had a new girlfriend and they were having some problems. His girlfriend saw text messages on his cell phone were he had been texting me and two other women. He said all of us were just his friends but he neglected to tell his girlfriend that he was texting all of us. I offered to contact his girlfriend and explain that nothing was going on. After I contacted his girlfriend she sent me a text message saying thank you and my ex-boyfriend was pleased too. Two days later my ex-boyfriend contacted me again and admitted to cheating on me after 13 years. He told me that he had been too embarrassed and ashamed to tell me the truth. He said he is no longer that man and is very sorry for hurting me. I didn’t handle the situation very well. I lashed out at him in anger and said a lot of hurtful things. At the time I was very emotionally charge and did not approach the situation with a level head. All I could focus on was how much he hurt me and how angry I was about it. I was very upset that he waited so long to tell me the truth. After dating this man for 6 years and maintaining a friendship with him for 7 years I knew about all his insecurities and just what to say to hurt him. I’ve always believe that God allowed this man to come into my life because there was something we both were supposed to learn from each other. I believe God wants me to learn how to forgive. I have always struggle with forgiving others and this situation is no different. I ask that you pray for the three following things:
1. Ask God to forgives me for the hurtful things I said to my ex-boyfriend
2. Ask God to help me forgive my ex-boyfriend
3. Ask God to help my ex-boyfriend to forgive me too
Prayer Request:
I ask that you pray for the three following things:
1. Ask God to forgives me for the hurtful things I said to my ex-boyfriend
2. Ask God to help me forgive my ex-boyfriend
3. Ask God to help my ex-boyfriend to forgive me too
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