Expert: Pastor Don Carpenter - 11/15/2008

Question
I'm suffering from guilt due to the divorce of my 1st husband and myself.  We were both Christians and had no biblical grounds for divorcing.  We are both remarried, but I suffer from fear & guilt that the divorce and remarriage was wrong.

Answer
Hi Mary,

Thank you for this great question.  I am very sorry for my late response.  Guilt for the soul is like pain for the body.  It tells you when something is wrong so that you can correct it.  Once you cannot correct it any longer, it is no longer useful.  You cannot undo what was done.  Jesus died for sins like this.  Ask God to forgive you and move on!  Jesus will help you to be the best spouse that you can be.  It will do you no good to regret something you cannot change.

1 John 1:9
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

Commit this to the Lord, then never look back!  It is already under the Blood.


I hope that this helps you.

In Christ
Pastor Don