God is faithful

So a few months ago we joined a life group.  We signed up for young marrieds with young children... Well, that's not exactly what we got, but it is what we need :)  Our leaders just celebrated their 22 wedding anniversary... so, even though they are young at heart, needless to say they are a bit older then we are.  And the other couple in our group has been married for 11 years, with older children as well.

On their anniversary, Dan and Victoria (our leaders) renewed their wedding vows.  I was lucky enough to play for their ceremony and to watch how God has shaped their marriage and has become the foundation of it.  There was something that the Pastor said that I haven't really caught in all the other weddings I've been too... and he said, "Any marriage that GOD has put together, nothing can break it apart."  Because some of our friends have gone through divorces already I was thinking, 'how can this be?'  But unfortunately God didn't put those marriages together and they failed.  There are so many marriages that seem like God put them together, but they're really what we wanted and haven't included Him at all.  But it is a blessing to watch God work in their marriage and their lives :)

Another HUGE blessing is that they had to move out of the place they were renting.  Their landlords have been awesome to them, but they haven't been able to pay rent for awhile, and another family was going to move in.  So they were praying for a new place to live.  At our church there is a prayer room that has prayer requests that people write down.  They were in there praying one day and there was one specifically asking for help with their marriage.  So they took that one pretty seriously and wrote down the names of the people and have been praying for them every since.  Well... it turns out these people are the people that are moving into the house and they offered Dan and Victoria their old house rent free to live in!  Crazy right?!  huge answer to prayer.  They have a place to live now, rent free, and they have been praying for these people for awhile now.  Some would say coincidence... I say God's timing.  Love it.

JVG