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Getting divorced has been the most traumatic thing that has ever happened to me.

This is my testimony. It's not finished yet, but this is where I am seven months after my wife blindsided me by leaving and filing for divorce just weeks later.

When it happened, I became a broken shell of a human being. I had built my entire world around my marriage, and when it ended, I crumbled. I was shattered, gutted, and completely lost.

I questioned my worth. I replayed every conversation, every mistake, every detail, wondering what I could have done differently and how I could have stopped it.

Turns out, I couldn't.

I had to surrender it to God.

One of the hardest lessons I've learned is that someone leaving you says more about them than it does about you. Your worth is not determined by who stays or who goes. Your worth comes from God.

For years, I looked for love and validation in another person. Through this journey, I've learned that the only truly unconditional love is found in Jesus. He teaches us how to love ourselves and others the way Scripture describes in 1 Corinthians 13—not through chaos, inconsistency, fear, or constantly questioning our value. Real love shouldn't require you to shrink yourself. It shouldn't have to be earned.

I've learned far more about attachment theory than I ever wanted to know. I've learned what it means to be unequally yoked. Most importantly, I've learned how often I abandoned myself.

But through all of this, God has been rebuilding me.

I've grown more in these seven months than I had in years.

I'm becoming my own hero.

I'm grateful for things I used to overlook.

I have a sense of peace that I never knew before.

I'm surrounded by people of faith when, before this, I had none.

My business is thriving.

And every single time I've needed something, God has provided.

Getting divorced has been the most traumatic thing that has ever happened to me.

But it has also been one of the greatest blessings of my life.

God took my pain and gave it purpose.

"The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." — Exodus 14:14

I cry with gratitude writing this... seeing how far I've come. 🙏🫶

#divorce #heartbreak #havefa by @dancingdogdad

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4 months ago

I remember this day like it was yesterday.
Just a few months ago.

I see a man who was completely broken.
Shattered in ways I didn’t even know were possible.

I barely recognize that version of me.

It was the lowest point of my life. I felt like I had no one. Nothing.
And in that brokenness, there was only one place left to turn — Jesus.

My divorce has been the hardest thing I’ve ever walked through.
But without it, I wouldn’t have found God again.
I wouldn’t be becoming the man I am today.

Sometimes God allows your heart to break so you can finally see clearly.
He showed me what love is not… so I’ll recognize what real love is when it comes.

His love is pure.
Kind.
Patient.
Unconditional.

A love I realized I had never truly experienced — even when I convinced myself I had.

Psalm 34:18 — “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

#divorce #healingjourney #breakups #fyp #havefaith by @dancingdogdad

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7 months ago

Just my friend and I practicing.

I love dancing

@adrienne_greenfield2023
We look pretty good for newbies haha

#countryswing by @dancingdogdad

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3 days ago

Skating to throw backs... is a vibe!

Anddd I didn't fall 🙌

#healingjourney #musicislife #godisgood by @dancingdogdad

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Beautiful sunset walk with my doggies 🙌

Ah! I love this weather.

Thank you God for these beautiful moments

#grateful #blessed #personalgrowthjourney by @dancingdogdad

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3 days ago

I realized that one of the secrets to a happy life...

Is getting back into the hobbies you had growing up.

#nevergrowup by @dancingdogdad

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Forever grateful for the life I have now.

My life isn't necessarily easier... but atleast I have Jesus.

I pray about everything.

My perspective has changed about so many things.

I know He's preparing me for something coming...

Something way better than I could ever imagine.

#keepgoing #havefaith #divorce by @dancingdogdad

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25 days ago

One of my favorite things to do is teach.

I love helping someone learn something new.

Here I'm teaching my lovely church mom how to do spins and some country swing moves for an event coming up.

I'm no expert lol I just relay the information that's been given to me onto the next person. Haha so don't come at me for my form.

#dance #countryswing #personalgrowthjourney by @dancingdogdad

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Dancing 🫶

My page is evolving, as am I.

I'm moving onto a new season.

Ecclesiastes. 3:4

"There is a time to cry, and a time to laugh; a time to have sorrow, and a time to dance."

I'm in my dance era.

Thank you Jesus 🙌

#linedancing #countryswing #ilovetodance #divorce #healingjourney by @dancingdogdad

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Just doing my morning routine, I put some worship music on...

Trying not to drown in my own thoughts...

But my ex was on my mind... and not in a bad way, full of rage or bitterness... in a soft way.

Honestly, I was saddened and praying that the love of Jesus finds her. I'm sure I've said this before, but that's what I pray for her now.

That a seed be planted, that her heart softens, that she finds her way to HIM.

And then I think about all the other people that don't know Jesus and how empty that feeling can be without Him...

I know what my life was without Him, and now I can testify to what it's like with Him. 🙏

Peace, Joy, gratitude, wholeness... everything I'd been missing, I've found in Him. And there's been no greater feeling.

I'm so grateful for everything in my life.

Everything.

#divorce #heartbreak #havefaith #healing by @dancingdogdad

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3 months ago

Who knew line dancing would be on my list of hobbies 🤣

Thank you God for dancing! 🙌

#divorce #personalgrowthjourney #healing #linedancing by @dancingdogdad

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3 months ago

I think one of the hardest things about being divorced and alone now is...you don't have someone who asks about your day. And not just in a scripted way because that's the norm.

I mean like someone who genuinely wants to hear about every little detail and truly listens to what you're saying.

Doing things on my own and being alone in general is fine.

The lack of conversations and someone actually giving a sh*t is what gets to me.

Someone I know on a deeper level, and someone who knows me... that's something I long for.

I longed for that when I was married too, a deep connection, not something surface level.

#divorce #heartbreak #havefaith by @dancingdogdad

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