You may think "Granny's an old lady.
She's old-fashioned and can't take much of a shock."
But believe me, There isn't much that I haven't heard.
( I'm still SHOCKED, but there isn't much I haven't heard. )
I will not print any of your letters, but here is an example:
Shelly's story (not her real name) is a tragic one.
I have edited it to protect her family.
Dear Granny,
I am in utter turmoil. I discovered that my husband
has been sexually abusing our eight-year-old son. My family
told me to divorce him. I suspect that he is a homosexual
as well, but I have no proof. I am so angry and frightened.
I never dreamed that anything like this could happen.
How could God allow something like this to happen?
- - - -
Dear Shelly,
You are not required by any authority to divorce
your husband, but you have a clear Biblical basis for doing so.
Jesus said that adultery starts in the heart of a man.
Sexual infidelity is the most significant (and indeed the only)
reason the Bible gives for divorce. If you truly love your
husband, and wish to merely separate until his spiritual and
sexual issues are resolved, that would be an acceptable option.
However, your first priority in this instance is to your child.
Get your little boy out of your husband's unsupervised hands.
He should never be left alone with him or the abuse will most
likely continue. Any man who would sexually abuse his own
child once is quite capable of repeating that abuse.
Shelly, remember that throughout this crisis you are still
in God's care. He loves you and your little boy, but He also
loves your husband. Take every measure to protect your child,
but do not neglect to pray for his father. God can work
miracles in the human heart.
Please, dear, do not lose your grip on your Faith.
We live in a fallen world, and the human heart is deceitful
above all things and desperately wicked. Only God can fathom
its depths. Nevertheless, God is Sovereign. He can take
even the most horrific of circumstances and use it for good.
Elisabeth Elliot says, that during our crises God is asking
"Will you love Me? Will you trust Me? Will you praise Me?"
We must trust Him, even in our trials, especially in our trials.
The alternative does additional damage to our spirits.
Please believe that He still loves your family.
- - Love and Prayers, Granny
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