Marriage is a Gift from God

On December 19, 1997, on a sandy beach in Southern California, my Beloved etched words in the sand asking me to be his wife.

With an overwhelming love for him, I said yes!  I knew at that moment that God handed me, sinful, vile me, a beautiful gift that I was not worthy to receive.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the LORD. Proverbs 18:22

We had a three month courtship and three month engagement which made our beginnings sound like a romantic fairy tale coming straight from Hollywood.

But what shortly followed was anything but…

Follow me over to A Biblical Marriage where you’ll be encouraged to view marriage as a gift from God no matter how hard your marital journey has been!

Live a poured out life for Christ,

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