I remember driving to work one morning (4:30 am) and coming across the huge church on Iliff. The "neon" sign was on and it read "Divorce group" along with the time and day of the week. It was an open invitation. I passed it every morning and every after noon (around 2:30pm). For wee
k I passed it and thought nothing of it. I remember the morning it changed, I was listening to KLOVE and I saw the glow of the neon sign coming closer. When I came upon the words they were the same as they had been the day before and the day before that. The words had not changed, however, I looked at sign a little different. A question came to me. Why do they have a group for divorced couples? Why not a group for married couples? A group that MET married couples where they were at BEFORE divorce came? A group that CELEBRATED MARRIAGE? On that particular morning something happened in me and it was like that neon light...it was bright and would not turn on...even at four in the morning when the darkness was all around. I remember asking th
ose questions over and over and over. WHY? I spoke with my LORD, my hunny bunny and daughter. I asked them WHY? Well....I received a few different answers (ALL of them made my heart sad). I listened and in the case of my LORD I began speaking to him about the WHY. And He had answers....answers that I did not like (isn't that just like Him!!! *grin*). Answers I would question, pray about, reject and question some more (and yes, I am still questioning). Answers that would set me on a journey, a journey to answer why I asked why. Answers that would draw me closer to HIM and what He would have in my life, in my marriage, in my family life and church life.
I am currently on a path that He has set before me. I am not sure WHY? I am not sure WHERE it will lead and I am not sure WHAT will take place on this path. The only thing I know is HE has opened a new road and I am TRUSTING and moving forward. I feel MARRIAGES (including mine) will be a HUGE part of this journey.
And to think...this new path, this new journey all started with a NEON SIGN!! (don't you just love HIS ways??!!)
k I passed it and thought nothing of it. I remember the morning it changed, I was listening to KLOVE and I saw the glow of the neon sign coming closer. When I came upon the words they were the same as they had been the day before and the day before that. The words had not changed, however, I looked at sign a little different. A question came to me. Why do they have a group for divorced couples? Why not a group for married couples? A group that MET married couples where they were at BEFORE divorce came? A group that CELEBRATED MARRIAGE? On that particular morning something happened in me and it was like that neon light...it was bright and would not turn on...even at four in the morning when the darkness was all around. I remember asking th
ose questions over and over and over. WHY? I spoke with my LORD, my hunny bunny and daughter. I asked them WHY? Well....I received a few different answers (ALL of them made my heart sad). I listened and in the case of my LORD I began speaking to him about the WHY. And He had answers....answers that I did not like (isn't that just like Him!!! *grin*). Answers I would question, pray about, reject and question some more (and yes, I am still questioning). Answers that would set me on a journey, a journey to answer why I asked why. Answers that would draw me closer to HIM and what He would have in my life, in my marriage, in my family life and church life.I am currently on a path that He has set before me. I am not sure WHY? I am not sure WHERE it will lead and I am not sure WHAT will take place on this path. The only thing I know is HE has opened a new road and I am TRUSTING and moving forward. I feel MARRIAGES (including mine) will be a HUGE part of this journey.
And to think...this new path, this new journey all started with a NEON SIGN!! (don't you just love HIS ways??!!)
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