Yesterday, April 10th, was our 9 month anniversary! It has been the best nine months of my life! I praise God for Nate and I love him so much! People say it just gets better, so I can't even imagine!
I remember the year 2003 when I was a nomad wandering around the planet trying to find out where I was supposed to live and what I was supposed to do. God encouraged me at that time with the message from Habakkuk and even gave me a song:
Just wait and you'll be amazed
For I'm about to do
Something that you won't believe
Even if I told you
So just wait for it though it linger
Live by faith
I really felt I was in a valley and I didn't have any idea how God was going to answer the promise to that song in my life.
Then, as I was about to marry Nate on July 10th in the best year of my life (2005), I remembered the song suddenly. I thought about how God had brought me to the Philippines, given me a ministry of teaching that was perfectly suited to me and my gifts and education, given me joy and music to praise Him with, and given me a man better than I had even dreamed of. I thought about all this and suddenly the song came to me again:"Something that you won't believe even if I told you."
Yes! Truly the Lord fulfilled His promise to me! My waiting has been fulfilled in the greatest joy of my life: ministering with and being married to my wonderful husband Nate. Thank You LORD! You have truly amazed me!
4 comments:
God has certainly blessed the two of you! You guys are too cute! By the way, your hair's getting really long, Jessica!
Love ya,
Jess
Jessica,
thanks for sharing that note of encouragement (it sounds oh so familiar). How great is our God and that He blesses us in such wonderful ways! Congratulations on the 9 months...we will be celebrating 11 in almost 2 weeks. Wow!
Love,
Triscilla
Jessica I am so glad to hear how God has perfectly placed you exactly where you need to be! What a blessing that the two of you are so happy together. I am so glad to hear that people have said to you that it only gets better, all they say to me is, "just wait, it will wear off, than you'll know what real married life is like." That really saddens me! My husband and I talk about what a shame it is that people say that and that if we are loving each other even a little bit of how Christ loves us, it shouldn't be like that. I can tell you from our own experience that we are more in love now than we were when we got married and we will be celebrating two years in May! Bless God for His love in our lives.
jana
Thanks, Jess! Your prayers are appreciated as the Lord is the gracious one!
Triscilla--can you believe how fast the time flies!
Jana--it is true, some people make those negative comments, but you may remember at the shower on the Friday before our wedding that someone's advice to me was to stop people from making those comments---for some reason, she said, even people in the church want to be negative about marriage. But, you are right, with Christ in the center it should only be what He designed it to be.
When people tell us, "Oh, you're still on your honeymoon" we respond with, "Yes, we will be on our honeymoon for life!"
Praise the Lord for His faithfulness in your marriages--all three of you ladies! I love you all! J
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