To Forgive My Ex-husband, I Needed to See Him through God’s Eyes

Becky always wished for her husband’s happiness. Their marriage was idyllic, and they were blessed with three children. But about seven years into their marriage, Becky found pornographic images on the computer. She left a note on the computer but never confronted her husband. Over the years he became better at hiding his addiction and online encounters, and she suppressed her concerns. This standstill continued until the day he told her on the porch that he didn’t see their marriage continuing.

Becky was devasted. She never saw it coming. Her grief and pain never seemed to end. One day, their son noticed that his father was driving “weird.” Becky’s husband was later diagnosed with a degenerative disease that soon required the constant care of his children. When it became too much for them, Becky came to his aid. She wondered at times why God left him on earth. “What good is he here?” she thought in anger and disgust.

She felt she needed to pray and ask God to help her see her former husband as He saw him. She came to know he was a son of God and learned to feel compassion for him. As she treated him with love, his strained relationships with their children began to mend.

When asked how she was able to show compassion to the man who divorced her and disrupted their family, Becky said that she had felt God’s grace. She said, “The power of the Atonement can change hearts and lives.”

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