Love Story

I feel so blessed. 5 years ago today, I was preparing to marry the man of God that was sent to love me.  God told me that He was going to work quickly and I am still amazed how He has orchestrated the symphony of our life. After many, many years of separation and singleness, my divorce was finally legal. I could finally identify my relationship status. Even though I had been living single, legally I was still in covenant. I refused to give the enemy a foothold by giving the appearance of being available when legally I was still bound by papers. Over the years of separation, God dealt with my hurts and wounds. He healed me my heart. He made me whole. He delivered my soul and restored my identity. I was made new! God was preparing me to be a virtuous woman who would be able to honor and respect a husband. One that could serve him whole heartily without the pain from the past being a hindrance. One month after being legally divorced, Marlow (now my husband) started approaching me. I was hesitant at first, but he was persistent. He knew I was his bride. Well with much resistance in the beginning, much prayer, and many Q &A meetings with God. I knew he was my groom. It happened like a whirlwind. In fact, this entire 5 years has been one. The wind of God moving us quickly through life events to catch us up to the time of His heartbeat. We were engaged by February, married by July, and having our first baby by May.  Well, a total of 3 babies later, many life changes such as moving, my husband finishing school and starting a new career, then again changing job locations, me quitting my job and becoming a stay at home mom, we are where we are today. Still growing and standing on the promises of God. He has brought us so far, but there is so much more. I am amazed at how God has dealt with us and also how he has used us. We have been blessed to pray and prophesy over other couples together. Share our testimony and even help in some marriage counseling.  It humbles me in knowing that God can use even me, with everything that I’ve been through, to impart into someone else. God’s word is true. When you pull wisdom from His word, He will always create an opportunity to use it. He will always use the part of you that is healed to minister to the broken part of someone else. Love is real. Love is a choice. You have to choose to use it even when you don’t feel like it. You must know the love of God before you can ever properly love someone else. If you are struggling in your marriage, I encourage you to seek God’s love. A spouse will never be able to fill avoid that God is meant to fill. Surrender your cares to the Lord. Get in His Word and let Jesus make you whole. Pray for wholeness and deliverance for you and your spouse. Ask God to show you yourself and them as He sees you. Marriage is gift. It is a ministry. He created it for our pleasure and His fruitfulness. Let Him show you how to enjoy each other as you build a fruitful life that will multiply in blessing and honor.

 Song of Solomon 2:10-12

My lover spoke and said to me, “arise my darling my beautiful one, and come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come. Arise, come my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”

Father, we thank you for our marriages. We embrace the gift of covenant as you show us how to take pleasure in each other. Show us how to love like You love. Show us how to love even when we don’t feel like it. Forgive us for the times we rejected love and chose to act in anger, bitterness, hate and unforgiveness. Help us seek You and Your word for the answers. Surround us with wise counsellors that will help us grow and stay on path to what You want for our lives. Purify our hearts and make us whole. Let us see with Your eyes and be gentle with our words. Let joy abound to make our marriages strong. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!