What do we do when our husband disengages? What are our options when they’re not able to give us the emotional attachment we long for? My guest, Eileen Love shares what God showed her after her husband pulled away from his faith and from her.
Eileen and I talk about her faith journey as part of the Jesus Revolution generation. Coming into the knowledge of Jesus and choosing to receive what He offers us, eternal life, was just the beginning of her story. It would be her personal relationship with Christ as the lifeline she’d need to live free in this life, despite the reality of a deep ache in her heart for her beloved husband to return fully to his faith.
Eileen comes to knowledge of Christ as a young person. She meets a young man, he’s a new believer and he later becomes her husband. Once married they seek out and find a church they believe is a good fit to feed their hunger to learn more about Christ. They’re passionate about growing in their faith and they lean into their new church family. But sadly, it would be in this family environment that their faith would be challenged by what they would later come to understand, was a church of false religion, a cult.
This becomes a very significant marker in her husband’s life. That situation, along with some other experiences take its toll on him and Eileen’s husband disengages from his faith to the point that Eileen can’t talk to him about God. She can’t share important things with the man she dearly loves. She feels alienated in her marriage, discouraged and mad at God.
How did Eileen stay in her marriage until her husband’s passing, a 40+ year commitment with a husband who did not share his whole self with her? A marriage where she was not able to share her whole self with her precious husband.
I know that when things go bad we often ask God to put it back together, make it like it used to be. However, the beauty of allowing God to restore things is that He never puts them back like they used to be. And if we really think about it, do we want it back like it used to be? More than likely it fell apart for a reason. It wasn’t able to hold up under the pressure of life. Especially if it’s not God centered. God restores with His value system and that’s how we get things we never imagined or thought to ask for.
As it does for all of us at some point in our journey, God draws Eileen back into His heart. He shows her the power of His love for her that overwhelms the lack of her earthly relationship with her beloved husband. She has some wonderful insight and shares the revelations that changed her mindset, encouraged her heart and enabled her to love her husband no matter what.
We close in a really beautiful place talking about the deeper things of relationship that God has for us in the midst of complicated life like a husband who disengages. God has bigger dreams, with deeper roots, bigger revelations that lead to deeper intimacy. Simply put, what He has for us is a beauty that is not of this world. We can’t perceive it until we experience it with Him. He does it for Our good and His Glory
Let’s listen in!
Live Loved and Thrive!
Connect with Eileen via her email: Restandrenewal@pm.me
Bio:
Eileen understands firsthand the significance and impact of trauma. Growing up amidst the constant fear, anxiety and rage of her divorced mother’s boyfriend left the type of wounds in Eileen that so many people have experienced – wounds that impact the spirit, soul, and body.
Fortunately, these wounds led her to Christ where she found healing, hope and a life of devotion to God that has now spanned over 48 years.
On her journey of devotion, God has called Eileen to a lifetime of helping those who are experiencing trauma, including: serving as a Reserve Firefighter, an EMT, and 8 years in a hospital ER. From there Eileen went on to individually practice as a Licensed Massage Therapist for over 24 years, specializing in injury treatment and trauma relief.
When severe trauma visited Eileen again in 2021 with the sudden death of her husband of 43 years, it was her relationship with God that brought her through. In the wake of this most recent trauma, God brought Eileen back into the full service of others through her continued work as a Licensed Massage Therapist, while expanding her services to include work as a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner.
In addition to this return to service, God has given birth to “Rest and Renewal Ranch”, which will open at its Arizona location in June. This ranch will incorporate all of Eileen’s gifts to help women rest after a loss and to find hope and renewal from the persistent fog of grief.
While at Rest and Renewal Ranch women will enjoy the peace, quiet, and care needed to recover amidst several acres of private property with a river, large garden, and friendly goat.
You can find out more about Eileen’s services and Rest and Renewal Ranch by contacting her at Restandrenewal@pm.me.
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