My husband and I were separated for one year and 8 months, to the day. When he left, I was two months pregnant and I thought that divorce was my only option, until I called my mother in law later that day and she hold me that she would get a hold of God for me. She called back a couple of hours later and said that the Lord told her to tell me that divorce was not for me and that there was hope. He told her to stand for her son and she said ‘God, I can’t do it alone’, and He said ‘Carrie will stand with you’. I didn’t want to divorce my husband and so I began to believe God for restoration, the same day he left with the other woman. The Lord began to give me scriptures to pray over us and our marriage. The first one He gave me was Jer. 32:39-40. He lead me to pray over a picture of us, so everyday I would pray that scripture over us and the Lord began to give me more scriptures to add to that.

About 5 months later a lady at the church I attend came up to me and gave me the book, First Aid for a Wounded Marriage. I sat in church and began to read Michael Phillipps’ letter to the readers, I began to weep uncontrollably. I had no idea that other people, besides my mother and father in law had been through anything like I was facing.