God restored my marriage after my husband had an affair

I got married when I was quite young. We were both Christians and we didn't see the point in waiting so took the plunge. We were together for 12 years and then I found out that my husband was having an affair. I was absolutely heartbroken and couldn't make any sense of it. God, however, took me on a journey. I prayed to God and remember hearing Him say that my marriage was not over. I accepted this confused but then asked God what I needed to do to make sure that happened. He said "nothing". Despite this, I still decided to file for divorce.

In the week of my divorce going through, I spoke to a friend of mine about it who told me to pray and ask God what the key was. Out of obedience, I prayed and God showed me a picture of a key and the word "love". By this point, my husband had also already left the house.

In response to my word from God, I started to love my husband unconditionally no matter what he did. I have two children and they could see this process. They saw when I was hurt, they saw me pray and we would also pray together. Then one day, my husband came home. I'll never forget the joy that was on my oldest daughter's face at this. This was the start of our reconciliation and a few months later, we got remarried. The process of restoration (i.e. from adultery to restoration) was 4 years and those 4 years were difficult but I had to learn that God had to be enough. All I had in that period (and all I still have) was Jesus.

Our marriage is now better than ever and our family is much healthier. I thank God for His grace and for getting us through this and encourage anyone reading this who may be going through similar circumstances not to give up but to fight for what's yours. At many times, the enemy made me feel like I was failing but I relied on the whispers of God to combat this.

God restored my broken relationship and can do the same for yours too. Keep praying, keep fighting and have faith.