October 21, 2024
Women’s ministry speaker and writer Lysa TerKeurst will divorce her husband of 29 years, she announced over the weekend.
TerKeurst, president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, and her husband separated in 2017 but reconciled and renewed their marriage vows the following year.
“Over the past several years, I have fought really hard to not just save my marriage, but to survive the devastation of what consistent deception of one spouse does to the other,” TerKeurst posted for her more than 1.5 million Facebook followers Saturday (Jan. 1). “It’s brutal and heart crushing to constantly fear the hurtful choices of someone you love. I’ve had to learn the hard way there’s a big difference between mistakes (which we all make) and chosen patterns of behavior that dishonor God and the biblical covenant of marriage.”
TerKeurst went on to say that there was “biblical justification” for her decision to end the marriage and that doing so was merely to “accept reality.”
“I don’t understand why circumstances sometimes go the way my story is now going,” she wrote. “But I’m standing firm in my faith and trusting God with every step. My family and I treasure your prayers and your compassion.”
