About 4 or 5 years ago we were asked to be the main speakers at a Couples Retreat. The main speakers of that conference had canceled at the last minute and this particular church in the Dallas area needed a replacement quick! We received a phone call through a series of events and were asked to step in. We traveled to Dallas and arrived at the camp site. (At that time we had been over the couples ministry in the church we were attending)So this was not totally out of the blue. At this retreat we had about 25 couples.
Wow! What a weekend! We shared our lives, our thoughts, our heart and our mistakes with these precious young couples. We ministered to them and counseled with them as a whole and individually. We had a great weekend conference and made special friends with these lovely people. During this weekend, we gave these couples a special assignment and they each had one hour to find a quiet place on the camp grounds and discuss certain issues with each other.....Harold and I walked to the lake. We sat there and prayed. During this prayer time...God impressed upon Harold that He would use us to help and guide couples in their marriages. Not because our marriage was and is so great....but because He knew that we had a few things we have learned along the way.
He placed a compassion in our hearts for couples! Its been a few years since that retreat and we have done some counseling and we have thought about that day and kept it on the back burner waiting for the Lord to guide us.
A few weeks ago, we had a guest speaker at our church, you may have seen him on TV.....Mark Chirrona. At the end of his preaching on Sunday night....he lay his hands on Harold and myself and prayed for us. He said that we are to keep our refrigerator full....that we would be feeding couples etc... This was our confirmation once again! I don't know all that God has in store for us it could be for now or it could be for the future. I do know that he has our today, tomorrow and our future. We trust Him with everything that we are and have.
We were so overwhelmed and in awe of the fact that God used this man to let us know that He still remembered and He reminded us of the things we heard in our heart at that Lake years ago. It is truly humbling to experience this.
We do have a strong and happy marriage. We have always been strong...there have been storms along the way but we never lost sight of our Commitment to God and our marriage. Thank God we did not give up on each other but that we held on to the promises of God. Harold and I have been married for 29 years. I love Him now more than ever....He is my better half no doubt.
Pray for us always dear friends.....
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