Let Me Tell You...

Let me tell you... about a woman who had given up.  She had given up on love.  She had given up on happiness.  But most importantly, she had given up on God.  Actually, she mistakenly believed God had given up on her.  She had prayed and prayed for a Christian husband who would be her best friend, her confidant.  Someone she could respect.  Someone who would love her through all her insecurities.  And at the ripe old age of 32, she had given up.  She had even gone so far as to do everything God had told her not to do for her own good.  She was beyond rebellious.  She was a living, breathing prodigal daughter of the Living God. 

Let me tell you... about a man who had given up.  He had tried and tried to do what he thought was best, but with no compass to show him the way.  In his path, he had left broken relationships and broken dreams.  His mother, his shelter from the storm, had passed away, leaving him empty and vulnerable.  He felt that his life was a total failure.  Not for lack of trying, but for lack of purpose. 

Let me tell you... a love story.  It's not the story you expect.  It's a love story only God could pen.  He took this rebellious daughter and this purpose-less man and joined them together in matrimony.  And they did NOT live happily...at least for several months.  This prodigal daughter still longed for the Christian husband (which was not the man) and this man still sought the compass (which was not the woman).  The union (and this story) would have ended in disaster had God given up.  But He didn't.  That's the real love story.  God worked in and through each of these individuals in miraculous ways.  He placed godly men and women in the midst of this marriage.  They pointed the man to the one and only true compass.  They gently led the daughter back to the loving arms of her Father.  The man became a Believer and realized that God had a purpose planned for him before the beginning of time.  The woman realized that God had a Christian husband planned for her before the beginning of time.   That's the true love story. 

Let me tell you... how the story gets even better.  On Sunday, the 29th of this month, the local church body that this man and woman worship with and love, will be gathered in a special business meeting to vote on three very important decisions.  They will be voting to approve two elder candidates to the position of elders (one of which is the man). 

And they will be voting to approve the Elder Board's Recommendation for the new Associate Pastor......... 

Let me tell you... about God.  He doesn't give up.  He doesn't give up on a directionless man.  He doesn't give up on a rebellious daughter.  So no matter the outcome of the vote.  This man has found his purpose and will continue to pursue it with a passion.  This woman has found that she is loved beyond measure and will continue to bask in that truth. 

God doesn't give up.