I am so thankful for Psalm 91. Here is a portion of it, Psalm 91.14-16 from the Message.
"If you'll hold on to me for dear life," says God,
"I'll get you out of any trouble.
I'll give you the best of care
if you'll only get to know and trust me.
Call me and I'll answer, be at your side in bad times;
I'll rescue you, then throw you a party.
I'll give you a long life,
give you a long drink of salvation!"
You can get to thinking you're all alone in this world, but you're not you know. It's only when you get your eyes off God, that you do. Things may be pressing on every side, but remember you have a Sure foundation. One who wants the best for you! One who wants to rescue you then throw you a party and give you a long life.
We just celebrated 32 years of marriage. Dave and I were thinking about our wedding day, last night. About the months leading up to it, how we met, our courtship. What fun times we had. There was a time though, before he knew we were getting married, that I knew we were getting married. Dave knew it was time for him to get married, he just wasn't sure who he was to marry. But The Lord had him picked out for me.
One day, as he was trying to find his wife, he asked another girl out, they were going to see the Minnesota orchestra. Oh, how disappointed I was. It should have been me! Would he ever see that I was the one? Well it turned out soon enough, that he did find out I was the one. And once he did, it didn't really take that long. The very first time he called me was on Christmas night 1975. We talked and talked, got to know one another better. Then a couple weeks later, on my birthday we had our first "date". He invited me over to meet his Mom and sister, and we went sledding. But all this might never have happened if I had given up on my dream. If, on finding out Dave had chosen another , I had said "well, that will never happen!". What I'm trying to say is this, even if you think it will never happen, you don't know what's really going on, it will, just don't give up!
And by the way, that wasn't our first "date", only he didn't know it, and I didn't know it. The summer before, he was going to visit an elderly "sister"(from church)at the hospital, to pray for her. He thought he shouldn't go alone, so he invited me (he probably thought I was too young, I was 17 and he was 23). We took the bus down to the hospital to visit her. So we "ministered" together for our first date. Isn't God good! See, I just encouraged myself.
My challenge to you, look back, see if God hasn't had a hand in your life and times. He has you know, whether you see it or not!
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32 years of marriage! Praise the Lord! Like Star said, "I don't even feel like I'm that old. How can I have been married that long?!"
There is so much I could say, but I'll just give this one anecdote to prove Star's point.
Before we were married, a couple other guys and I lived in the church as caretakers.
One day we found a crockpot full of stew on our kitchen table with an anonymous note written in a girlish hand, "I thought you boys might like a home-cooked meal."
Wow, did we ever!
As I was eating, I was suddenly overcome by the Holy Spirit. And just like Joseph, I had to leave the room, weeping. I didn't really know why, but I was completely overwhelmed and so thankful that someone would do that for us.
We were engaged before I discovered Star was the sweet secret cook. Then I realized that it was God confirming that she was His choice for me.
So like Star said, don't give up- we don't know what God is doing behind the scenes.
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