Rom. 6:14-15 “For sin shall not have dominion over you:
for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because
we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.”
We’re Getting Married
After thirteen years together we’re finally getting married
on Wednesday, May 13th. Many will ask, “A Wednesday?”
Yes, a Wednesday at the Historic Courthouse of Minden,
Nebraska. (see pic above taken from google pics)
Why a courthouse? Well let me tell you.
When Steven realized I didn’t want all the glitz and glamor
of a wedding (been there done that) I think we both realized it might be time
to get married. We’ve had a tough road laid out for us in the beginning, what
with meeting online, both committing sin neither of us were too happy about
committing. (He being divorced, me being married but separated kept us from
nuptials.)
We both talked about marriage, we both wanted it but with
obstacles in our way and climbing hurdles the task became too much. I won’t say
money hindered us because any time we needed ANYTHING the good Lord provided
for us, so it wasn’t necessarily money keeping us from marriage.
Many of my friends and readers know about Steven going blind
a few years ago, so there was that. Then we had doctor appointments upon doctor
appointments, in Omaha no less and yes funds came out of the woodwork to get us
from point A to point B.
Our church made it quite clear a few times (not just once)
that they could not marry us as long as we were living in sin! They told us
point blank that we needed to separate for a few months, date other people and
if we found our way back to one another than this is what God has brought
together.
Umm…wait, God didn’t bring us together thirteen years ago?
For crying out loud we met through a screen! God had no hand in that? We
chatted online for ten months before my husband threw his son and me out of the
house and told us he never wanted to see us again. (Trust me on this one, it
had more to do with his mental instability than any friend I had online.)
My ex had been struggling for YEARS (I stayed 20 of them)
and there was no help or aid on this earth that could see this man through (and
to this day still hasn’t). He wanted nothing to do with his son, he only wanted
to control and obsess over me and a friend on the net came and saved my life!
THAT is how *I* see it.
To this day I still say that it was God who brought Steven
to my front door. While on the net, there were many girls and guys who knew my
predicament and wanted to help but Steven is the only one who loaded up his
truck and made his way from Texas to Baltimore to save me, a damsel in
distress.
Where was my family? They knew my ex was obsessed with me
and a control freak and my brother-in-law even tried to get his minister to
help. It didn’t help, my ex just tried to control and manipulate that situation
too. My family was giving up on him and saw no way to help my son and ME so I
left and have NEVER looked backed!
I chose the road less traveled! Now to be told by the church
and the very people I was trusting with my life that Steven and I had to
separate, put me in a whirlwind of confusion. Where would I go? I can’t go back
home. I don’t want to SEE other men. I don’t want to separate. Those were the
rules. Rules we never agreed to so we settled on a courthouse wedding where the
LAW wouldn’t deny us.
Thirty-seven years of always being controlled and owned I
was thrown into a new state, Texas, miles and miles away from home for the
first time in my life. The first weeks maybe months I was scared, so much so
anxiety attacks took over and many nights of tears were being shed for my
loneliness and my son who was seven, who didn’t understand one thing going on
around him.
Steven and I grew. We fell in love. I was urged to divorce
my (ex) husband after all of his false promises to do so fell apart. To this
day I don’t even know if he knows we’re divorced. I do know he is living in
Florida somewhere with his brother, but he still has no contact with the son he
left behind.
The light at the end of the tunnel, Nebraska, became our
saving grace. In Texas, Steven was going blind and he wanted to be near his
family. His family and the good Lord saw to it that our journey was well
blessed. A home, food and a good family surrounding us, we were well on our
way. ONLY with God’s blessing did we get this far; and now we’re asked to
separate by our Church, whom we’ve grown to love and trust?
I asked God what He wanted and well, marriage was the answer
to our dilemma and again HE said He’d bless our journey. I’m not going to get
into what God said to me, I DO have some things I keep private. I’m glad Steven
and I took the time to get to know each other and grow in love together before
we jumped into marriage. Nowadays marriage is not a sacred ceremony, people do
it to just get it done and over with but we waited for God and HIS blessing on
this union and so here we are.
We could have searched and found a church in Nebraska to
marry us but we kind of feel let down by the entire institution. Don’t get me
wrong; I understand completely that it is OUR sin that was not accepted and I’m
okay with that, but you know what? Jesus died for OUR sin and HE accepts us.
Rom. 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Instead of a rinky-dink newly built courthouse, I chose the
Historic courthouse of Minden Nebraska, built by the some of the very first
settlers in the state of Nebraska.
1 comment:
Are you playing catch up to Joni's posts today? lol
:D
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