It's Official

Mrs. Ray and I went to church together today for the first time since we separated. Different church than our "regular" one. The text was taken from Luke 5:1-11 where Jesus preaches from Simon (Peter)'s boat.

When we got home, ate lunch, and Mrs. Ray was ready to do the day's Retrouvaille Dialog. "I'm choosing the question!" she said.

"But, wait, you chose the one yesterday!" I said.

"Here's the question," she ignored me. "What is one thing I got from the message today? How do I feel about my answer?"

"Well, OK, I guess." We began writing.

We exchanged notebooks. Much of what we wrote was parallel - we both had the same ideas in many places. Then in one paragraph, Mrs. Ray said the thing that struck her most was when Simon, against his better judgment, went out and dropped his net again, even though he did not expect to get much. (It was daytime, and they usually fish at night.) And he was tired (having stayed up all night). In verse 5, Peter agrees to, "if you [Jesus] say so." , Even though they're tired and it's off hours for fishing, they pull in a catch too big even for the net & need help to land the catch.

Mrs. Ray realized that God meant for her to commit to rebuilding her marriage, because "He says to", and to follow in faith. She will follow through with the Retrouvaille post sessions and work with me to solve our problems.

Now we are both going in the same direction! There is lots to do, yet. Self examination on both our parts, prayer, talking, dialog. But my goal and desire - that we stay together as husband and wife, is oh so much closer now!