The Battle Within

Taking A Stand

I have reached a point in my life, where it is time to take a stand against all of the wrongs that I've allowed to come into my life - to refuse to compromise and live a lifestyle that leads to sin and destruction. Someone very close to me is walking down that road and trying to convince me that I should go with them. I know with every fiber in me that it is wrong and I just can't do it! I love this person with all of my heart, but I am not willing to sacrafice what is good and right and decent so that he can have his personal glory. I have made so many mistakes and allowed and participated in so much compromising in my life. I am sick at the thought of it! People who claim to be Christians are telling me that I'm wrong and are condoning his lifestyle. I thought that they would fight for what is good and right, for what a family should be in Christ, but they didn't. They are standing up for what's wrong and trying to keep me and my children surrounded by it. I told him years ago that if this was how he chose for his life to be, that that was fine for him, but I would not be a part of it! He doesn't take me seriously, but he is going to see just how serious I am! Everytime I try to take a stand for what's right and turn my life around, he tries to convince me that I am overreacting and making more of it than what it is. I want no part of drinking and clubs. That is no kind of life for a family and it is no place for a husband! I have been told by him and his family that I'm too willing to throw away our marriage; He is the one throwing it away and he knows it! I am praying that God will take what Satan means for harm and turn it to good!