My Heart Is Crushed  

Divorce is permissible, and far better than having her killed, which is a likely scenario with abusers. Some men are just evil, and she probably needs to learn to distinguish between the good and the bad. I'm not bashing men; some of them are so amazing, you don't know what to do with yourself. It's just a matter of knowing the difference. And it's ok NOT to have a guy around. Even a good one. There's nothing wrong with getting to know yourself before you link yourself to a man. It's probably wise to know yourself through and through so you know exactly what you want and need and what you have to offer, so the same thing doesn't happen again.
Blessed Be

No, I was not questioning God, it was not a question that anyone would be able to answer. I am just a very sensitive person, so when something like this happens, I really feel for the person. I know for sure that God is going to work this out for good.
I know that she will also have a beautiful testimony that will be a blessing to us all. Right now, I am simply expressing my shock and disbelief at the entire situation. But, I know that God is faithful and I trust him completely with my life and that is why I decided to and will continue to wait on him.

Well,what should I say?
Everything has its chrecter.

Well, now, no, I would not say that I have set up an idol for myself. She is one of many people that I consider a spiritual leader. If she was an idol to me, surely I would have known about something that had happend on August 21,instead of just finding out about it last night.
Heck, I have been waiting for her to announce that a baby was on the way. I had no idea that they were even in marital discord. If she were an idol, I would at least know what everyone else knew that likes her. I am not saying that God has forsaken either one of us, because I know that he never will.
Things like this are shocking, over-whelming, and hard to digest, but I am a willing prisoner of reality and I know that this kind of thing happens all the time. I guess you would ahve to know me to understand my reaction. I would have basically reacted the same way if it was any woman who was beat by her husband like that.
But, the fact that she is my sister in Christ made it that much more shocking and painful for me to hear of.

Like I said, I was in an abusive relationship before, but I could not imagine a man kicking and stomping me. I am so curious to hear his side of the stoy and what he feels is a good enough excuse for doing the horrible things that he did.

Oh no, she is not dead. I hope that I did not say anything that gave the impression that she was dead. I better go back and read it again. Anyway, I know that God will never leave or forsake us.
Even though, sometimes I feel as though he has. He is my only hope. Without him, I am nothing. All of my help comes from the Lord.

This guy was not only a Christian, but the Bishop of a church. I am not saying that this makes him exempt from such things. But, if he is truly a child of God, then there is no way that he can be taken over by a demon. The devil can influence, but he can not make anyone do anything.

Oh, she is not dead. One of the hotel staff pulled her husband off, before he was able to take her life, thank God. No, I plan to see her come back stronger than ever before. This test needs to become her testimony.

Oh okay. I'm glad to hear she hasn't passed away. I must have misinterpreted the discussion.:)

Yes, I am praying for her. It took me by surprise and I am still dealing with the shock of it. But, I am allowing God to minister to my heart and give me peace about what happened.
When we as children of God hear things like this, it affects the entire body of Christ. We want to see God show himself faithful in her life. The Bible says rejoice with those who do rejoice and weep with those who weep. But, like she said herself, on her new Myspace page, this too will pass. God bless you and keep you in his care.

Yes if we notice in the Bible it says "And it came to pass" so no matter what she/we is/are going through we can make it. I feel with you too for her but as I said before the best we can do is pray for her that she will have th strenght that God only can give to enable her to pass through. We are going through we need friends and family to bear us up in prayer and to encourage us. So you are going the right way friend and I am right there with you

I know that I have been told that it is not what you go through, that is a test of whether or not your faith is real. It is what you come through that proves your trust in God.
Many Christians(me included) look at situations like this some time and ask I wonder what she or he did to have to endure this kind of trial. But, the truth of the matter is, it does not always have to do with some wrong that we have done.
There are times when we are being tried and tested. If we are on the outside looking in, we can usually be guilty of judging wrong.

That is true too and I always tell my self not to jump to conclusions but walk to them and also in order to feel what a person is going through we shoudl walk aroung in his shoes for a moment.

The fact is we dont have to do anything wrong to be attacked by the powers of darkness. The fact that you have accpeted Christ as Lord and Saviour is enough to get the demons of hell mad. Even though we know that it still takes us by surprise who the enemy uses at times but Paul says that we should not be unaware of the wiles of the adversary.

This too will pass! God bless!

What do you mean by hang in there? No offense, but I would hit everything but the floor trying to get away from that turkey. His plan was to kill her. Now if she wooed him from someone else, she is dead wrong. I hope that is not the case.
If you steal something from someone's house and put it into your house, I do not care how much you call it yours, it still belongs to the person that you took it from. Just like in the Bible when King David had Uriah killed and took his wife(literally), God still continue to refer to her as Uriah's wife. Because, that is who she was. David had no right to her.

Rozie I love this discussion right here. You call a spade for what it is - a spade. I totally agree with you and there will always be a a reaction for every action. I honestly dont think that is what happenned but when you find out let me know ok?

When I wrote this, I was still very shocked and angry. And I guess it was magnified by all the other why questions in my life. It seems so unfair. I have watched my mom and two aunts suffer from cancer and die. They loved the LOrd with all their hearts.
I can see now that God is giving her strength to endure this. But, it is still a hard blow for your own husband to turn on you and attempt to kill you. I get spooked just thinking about it. I guess my thinking was, if she is not immuned, none of us can be. We just have to lean on God and trust him to see us through.