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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What a beautiful proposal! And that you’re learning to build an even better marriage makes that proposal worthwhile. Thanks for linking up with us today, Jolene!
Hi Jolene! This is Mai at the Happy Wives Club and Fawn wanted to make sure you saw the note that our Thursday link up party has now moved to Marriage Mondays – beginning today. We want to get all our favorite married bloggers linking up every Monday so we hope you’ll join us.