A Powerful Testimony of a Broken Marriage Made Whole through Forgiveness!

We are overjoyed to be able to share this testimony from Missy who experienced and continues to experience the freedom of the Gospel through the power of forgiveness!

In January of 2013, I was completely blindsided to find out that my husband of 13 years had been having an affair with my friend. We served in the student ministry at our church along with the other couple, and our families spent a lot of time together. That night, in my shock, I had to fully rely on God and the decisions I had already made. Before we were married during premarital counseling, our pastor told us that if we went into our marriage with divorce as an option, at some point we would take it. I never could have imagined facing this situation. We had enjoyed an extraordinary, God-centered marriage up until that point. I knew I could not prevent him from divorcing me, but I also knew that God was bigger. This was the “for worse” part of our vows.

I found myself in counseling the very next day to help me put one foot in front of the other. We both were in counseling for several months but found it to be like reopening a wound every session. Months went by and we were finding our new normal, which was an insult to the relationship we once shared. My mom told me about Forgiving Forward and made us an appointment to meet with Dr. Bruce & Toni Hebel in August of 2013.

In one night, we found complete and total healing of our marriage through forgiveness. I was able to not only forgive my husband, but also my friend, as well as several other things that had left me a wounded person. My husband was able to forgive himself as well as several things from his past which had led him to that behavior. In just a few hours we felt like we were given the other half of our salvation! We learned that forgiveness was not just something to accept, but something to allow to flow through us to others, even the ones who hurt us the deepest.

We quickly taught our three children the protocols, and since that day, forgiveness has been a way of life for our family. The enemy will never leave you alone and hopes to pull you back into unforgiveness, so choosing to walk in forgiveness is key to freedom.

We have just celebrated 9 years since the event that forever changed our lives! My husband and I enjoy a more extraordinary marriage than what we once had, and God has immensely blessed our family. I have also reconciled with my friend, and we are both thankful for the power of the cross! Although we are not actively in each other’s lives, there are no hard feelings between us, and Satan has no foothold. Since then, my husband and I have also been able to coach many couples through forgiveness and have seen many families restored.

“You take what the enemy meant for evil, and you turn it for good!”

All glory to God!

-Missy White

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