excel, my brother
I would only add this to what PL has said.
Give this a moment of thought dear brother.
Phillipians 2: 5 says "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:"
What was the mind of Christ??? Didn;t he teach predominantly on LOVE and FORGIVENESS?
and Jesus said in Mathew 22: 36 - 40
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Finally the Apostle Peter directly weighs in on this subject in I Pet. 3: 1 - 5
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
Brother, I have counseled many folks in my lifetime and would remind us all that we are ALL responsible to keep our vows before God, and to HONOR HIS WORD.
Remember that He will not put upon us MORE than we can bare and that HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT, bless God, for ALL things.
IS not your husband or wife your neighbor?
Aren't we glad that God did not just throw us away or over the cliff when He was righfully mad at us for our sins?
Did God make any junk?
If Jesus didn;t want to throw me away, I for sure am not going to throw my wife over the cliff either.
Many a husband has been won to Christ by the CHASTE CONVERSATION (CONDUCT) of the godly and faithful wife. I know of multiple instances where this has happened, including in my own wife's family.
SO good to have that lost husband come into the fold of God's marvellous LOVE and family and now he can enjoy the fellowship of God's family here on earth as well.
Nay brother. Unless she is at risk of physical harm or danger this is not the thing to do.
How do we know it wasn't God's plan to have her in this situation to be able to be a living testimny to him? We don't, and may I remind that the prophet Hosea I believe it was had an unfaithful wife who kept running away and he would faithfully go after her time after time. She finally settled down.
But it was GOD'S plan for HIM because God was trying to teach him something through this for God's purpose.
Oh my brother, please give heed to PL's counsel and to mine for the sake of God and the Word.
GOd's love to us (Agape) is an amazing thing and we are to have philio love toward one another.
Linda should be the faithful witness, ever diligent, and ever faithful, a walking Bible and image of a transformed life due to the POWER of a LOVING GOD who wants to impart that same grace and same LOVE unto her husband.
"He is not willing that ANY should perish, but that ALL should come to repentence". 2 Pet. 3: 9 God wants her husband to come to Jesus!
Given in Christian love brother,
MIB