God's Mercy Through The Provision Of Divorce

I am ecstatic to report that my STBX (soon-to-be-ex) has initially agreed to a no-contest divorce.  Praise the Lord God Almighty!

Today was an emotional roller coaster.  In desperation of her currently living in a rented room and seeing that I live in a regular apartment, she started in with her repertoire of heavy duty threats.  "I'm moving out of state", "I'm going to take our son",  "He's going to go to school out of state where I live", "This is going to be very expensive for you when I take you to court", "You better agree to give me money amicably", etc...

This seriously vexed me and put me in a woeful, emotional state.  I started crying and sobbing uncontrollably.  Just to think of losing my child to mother kidnapping (a.k.a. child physical custody residing with mother) was enough to send me over the edge of desperation.

She relented about 3 hours after we started arguing (the crying started during the last 30 minutes).  She called me on the phone, asked me to forgive her, and explained that she would never take our son away from me and that it's just her dreadful living situation that made her react that way.  I told her that her threats against me made me feel like I'm walking on eggshells, and this is when she brought up the issue of divorce, which I had initially brought up a few months earlier.  Basically she said that if we divorce, there should be no further issues regarding threats, but rather a finalization of matters, be it child physical custody, child support or alimony.

I understand that the Lord hates divorce, but somehow He has made the provision for it in the case of:

1)  Abandonment of the non-believer, and;
2)  Adultery.

Through His great mercy, I meet both those conditions.  I am free of this marriage, which was bondage to both of us, due to our evil ways in not following God's instructions for marriage.  However, I rejoice in God allowing us to go our separate ways and remake our lives.  God is exceedingly merciful!  We deserve His wrath, but instead He pours out His goodness abundantly on us!  Praise His everlasting Name.