11:30 AM on Saturday morning and the grace of God has never been more amazing. He has blessed me with the woman of His choosing and brought me into the covenant of marriage. The time of courtship was hearty and rich; full of passion and discovering my soul's mate. Some might say it was quick. It seems a lifetime of memories are already ours when I look into her eyes.
The fall of last year found us brought together by no less than God's sovereign grace. Her from Las Vegas and not wanting to attend a crazy function in the Oregon desert and myself from Idaho curious to see what the focus was of an Oregon group of secessionists. What we found was alot more than we had ever planned on. In fact I had resigned myself to a sort of celibacy. A full beard and withrawn attitude gave testament to the turmoil I had experienced back home. I was more than a little dissapointed with what I found in the organization I went to see. I was extremely delighted and blessed to discover a wonderful girl from Las Vegas.
Imagine my surprise when after two months of phone dating she announced her desire to move to Idaho! Now I could not deny that God was at work. Soon after, I proposed to her amongst the snow and hot springs of Cascade. God had decided that she would be my wife as she said yes and we embraced.
After she moved here we ran into many obstacles not the least of which was a troublesome roommate with whom she was living. Our plans for the wedding were for May. We saw God moving us forward much faster. We decided, with help and prayer from our pastor, that we would get married straight away. After all, hadn't God revealed His joy to us? The marriage was held on March 7th, 2010 in front of our church body. What a joyous occasion as all received communion and then participated in covenant before God. My eyes cannot believe, my heart can barely perceive what a mighty thing God has done in the union between my wife and I. Now I understand more fully the depth of relationship Christ has for His chosen, the elect.
This morning as we discuss a large ceremony and reception for September I am once again reminded that God is actually God. God is Sovereign. God is in control. God knows what is going to happen, therefore it can't not happen! The future remains constant because God said so. What a glorious comfort this is, to know that our loving Saviour is always with us. He can never leave us. Whatever happens, He will be glorified. We will enoy Him forever.
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