I was dating my best friend and was absolutely in love with him I don't feel the same way anymore I guess I am just wondering if the atonement is strong enough to not only heal our souls but our relationship as well? As we both move towards the Lord will it help us move back towards eachother in a more righteous way? I love him so much Yes it can. Go rent Fire Proof can find it at blockbuster -but you may have to ask the clerk But a parting thought - relationships are hard work If you are doubting your relationship and your feelings now they could only magnify with time.
I believe the atonement can help this by helping you. You and he will need to do the work to heal your relationship and you can renew your faith and your testimonies by the atonement. Seek answers in prayer. Prayerfully make a list of all the qualities that you want spiritual and temporal that you would like in a husband - but make sure - hard as it may seem Then pray about the list again. Then prayerfully consider if the boyfriend is truly what you want. You cant expect to go into a relationship hoping to change someone And sometimes, when we do sin - the hardest thing to do to move past it and in this case perhaps heal your relationship is to forgive yourself.
One other thought - I knew a young woman once who broke the law of chastity with a boy member They divorced 3 years later after abuse and an affair on his part. I think there is always hope with regards to healing relationships. I don't however think that the healing always means a restoration to things as they were. I think sometimes these traumatic or emotional events change people. And like all trials, I think that is what they are meant to do. We grow, mature, and refine and sometimes that means that it isn't in our best interest or for the people we love to resume relationships as they were.
I am not saying this for everyone. Sometimes relationships are restored to a 'new and improved' status. But I don't think if relationships don't work out we need assume the Atonement isn't at play.
I haven't read any of the other replies yet, so some of this might be repeated info, lol. But I did want to tell my story first. My parents were living in Houston, Texas at that time. I was never a rebellious teenager; however, once I was no longer under my parents roof, I stopped attending church and Satan got a hold of me. That first semester at Westminster College, I met this one guy online and we fell in love - at least I thought he loved me at that time.
