It's been about a year since I married a non-member who I'm trying to bring to the church. We've had a lot of problems. When I tried to encourage him to come, there are bad problems and even shouting. I have two children and I want to go back to church with them. Sometimes I don't feel like going to church because of these challenges. Sometimes I feel like my life isn't worth living. Someone suggested I visit this web page to listen to some hymns, and that's how I found the page. Please council and pray for me.

Anonymous, 1/23/2010

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El Santo Gringo from La Jolla, California:




Hi friend. I'm very happy that you found this page and that the hymns I've posted helped you. Your situation is very complicated. I'm very happy to hear, however, that you have a sincere desire to come back to church. It sounds to me like you simply need to act on that desire.

It would be wonderful if your husband would come to church with you, but it seems that he's not ready for church attendance right now.  I know one woman who was married to a non-member husband for many years. She tried to get him to come to church, but he refused. She could have given up, but she didn't. She and her children persistently went to church, even when her husband refused. After many decades, her husband was finally baptized!  She and her children had shown him how the Gospel of Jesus Christ can transform lives, and eventually he wanted that same transformation in his own life.

I would like to invite you to do the same. Don't worry about your husband for now, since there's not much you can do to get him to come to church with you. Instead, become active yourself, and bring your children to the church. With great patience, perhaps in time your husband will become interested in the church as well. If you need some help coming back to church, I encourage you to talk with the missionaries.  They would love to help you. May God bless you, and may your family be strengthened.
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