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I had to recognize that God will never leave me lonely. I might not be surrounded by people, but I was

surrounded with his presence if I chose to seek him. Well, that's Brandy Wilson, discussing ways that

God healed her heart after an unwanted divorce. Welcome to Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. I'm

John Fuller.

John, this is going to be a difficult discussion.

There's a couple of ways that people end up without a spouse.

One can be death of that spouse.

That's common.

We've had spouses on the show talk about that loneliness and that context.

Today's is different. Today's discussion is going to be about a couple who just didn't make it, and we'll

unfold that today and tomorrow.

But this is important for us to talk about.

What happens when divorce comes unexpectedly for that spouse that isn't anticipating this?

They made their commitment to love

each other until death do its part, and then something happens. And that can be infidelity,

it could be abandonment, it could be abuse, whatever it might be, but you end up by yourself

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