Re: Introduction (elaboration)
Good group so far!
I suppose I'd still be considered new, so I thought maybe it's time for me to give a little background on myself. How to do that without turning this post into a boring bio, though, that's the tricky part.
I'm 28, and have been what you might call an "official" Christian for 16 years. While everyone goes through peaks and valleys in their spiritual life, I'm coming out of a particularly deep, dark valley now, a little worried about my relationship with God.
I was married when I was 19 (she was 18) and was rather happy about the situation. Got a flimsy OAS degree in computer science, worked in the field for a couple years, life was pretty keen. Went through a career change and went back to school, and shortly after graduation, right at 6.5 years of marriage, she left in the middle of the night without a word. She received the divorce she wanted a year and a half after that, and this past July, 3 years after she left, I found out that she is currently an unwed mother. I'd been faithful to her, I'd been prayerful and asked God for help, and it all just crumbled into dust. That was a big hit to my faith, and my hopes that we could be reconciled.
I suppose that puts me in the position now of being single again, and after 3 years of very lonely tribulation, working through my own personal problems that contributed to the mess, and finally going through about 2 weeks of very deep, resentful depression and hatred of her, myself, and my situation, I'm on the other side of it, have accepted it, and realize that I need to get right with God again. I'm talking with a very bright, very Christian woman now, I'm getting back into church, and all in all, things are looking up.
So, in a nutshell, that's me in the world of today.
Thanks for the warm welcomes above, by the way!
