Letting God Be Judge [antikvár]

Introduction Several years ago I was counseling with a young couple who held a leadership position in a strategic church-planting ministry. As we talked together, I had a positive impression of them both personally and as leaders in their ministry. The wife was a tiny young woman with a sweet smile and a dehghtful sense of humor, while the husband radiated a gentie maturity and spirituahty. There was one thing, however, that was troubhng to both of them and, as we talked, became a source of concern to me as well. Both of them reported that at times the wife would become very aggressive, seemingly doing all she could to provoke her husband and to create conflict between them. At those times this sweet young woman would insult him, taunt him, and mock him in the most degrading ways. As you might expect, this left the husband confused, angry and wounded, and usually resulted in a major conflict. The interesting thing, however, was that the wife herself was also confused by her own behavior. She had no idea why she was acting in a way that was so foreign to her. As I talked to them and tried to be open to the Spirit's leading, I asked the wife a fairly obvious question, "Why do you think you do this?" She looked thoughtful yet confused for a moment, then she said, "Maybe I just want him to divorce