Lesson 5

What if my husband is unrepentant or relapses?

Husbands struggling with sexual sin seldom follow a straight path to freedom from the bondage in their lives.  Some men are more repentant than others, yet the recovery road is complicated by the strength of his spiritual maturity, the depth of the habits, the triggers that still exist, and the daily barrage of sexual images that appear before him.  Intentions may be good and promises are made, but this spiritual battle must be fought with the help of the Holy Spirit.

Jennifer knew there was no way she could control her husband’s choices.  “The truth of the matter is, relapse is always a possibility since he isn’t in his perfect state yet, just like I am not.”  She knows that she could also be vulnerable to sin if she took actions that were not pleasing to her Savior.  She trusts the Lord with her pain.  “Whenever new or residual pain appears, I am comforted by the Lord through Psalm 56:8 where it says, ‘You keep track of all my sorrows.  You have collected my tears in Your bottle. You have recorded each one in Your book.’”