6 weeks since last contact

It has been six weeks since Jack last emailed his parents. We have not heard one word from them. We didn't see them in the week that we were back in Michigan, they still have not called or emailed. Instead, they took all of the pictures of me off of their "family" page on their business website. Jack is still on there, but me? No. We've been married 17 months and now I'm no longer a part of the family.

I was reading my bible last night and read through Titus... which is now my absolute favorite book of the bible.

There were a few main passages that REALLY stood out to me, and I called Jack in and read him the book and he picked out the same passages for the same reasons!

Tit 1:9 "He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it."
God really spoke to Jackie Lee and I through that one verse. Jack and I have been waivering a little bit because we feel like wow we have got to be wrong on something here if they keep fighting back so hard. But we are standing on sound doctrine. His parents are trying to force a prenuptial agreement on us and trying to force a wedge between us and we refuse to step down. They are absolutely wrong in what they are doing and we have continued to stand behind the Bible and the Word of God and we will not back town, we will hold firm.

Tit 1:15-16 "To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him."
God spoke to us again through these verses, telling us that no matter what we do, his parents will see what we're doing as corrupt because their minds are corrupt. Even though they say they believe, their actions deny God and have been denying God for 2 years now.

And now the last verse, the one that really had the most impact on both of us:

Tit 3:9-11 "But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because they are unprofitable and useless. Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him. You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned."
Jackie Lee and I have been searching for this guidance for over a year, trying to figure out when enough is enough. We have certainly explained to his parents on more than two occasions which scripture we stand behind that explains what they are trying to do to us is wrong. We just feel like God is answering the seemingly unanswered question until now, "How much is enough with this?" I feel like we've finally got the answer and finally got to that point.


Jack's Grandma forwarded me an email that his mom wrote to her a few days ago and showed me that his mom is now back in church after almost a full year of walking away from the church and her faith after both of her parents passed away last fall within days of each other. It feels good to know that our prayers to have her go back to church have been answered, now we are praying that the Pastor speaks to their hearts and that God uses that church to convict their hearts and hopefully heal the relationship between us and them.