Looking back I still can’t believe how much we’ve overcome. I’ve been reminiscing a lot about our wedding lately.

You see, on July 23, 2014… after 8 years of celibacy and singleness… this happened. I was immersed in serving and leading women at my church, waiting for the man who God had for me. What I didn’t count on was the battlefield I was walking into to become the woman of God who would uncover the man of God I desired.

We are still on our journey but it hasn’t come without coming to the end of ourselves, facing our own responsibilities and healing what we did to each other in the process. Without God this would have been impossible.

It makes my stomach uneasy just thinking of all the pain we’ve endured these last 6 years. If you ask my family, they will all tell you that this was a miracle.

Well, friends, love itself is a miracle. Love is a selfless choice in the face of selfish ambition. Love is the end of taking for yourself and offering the giving of yourself without expectation. My goodness what a hard lesson learn.

Now I know why people say that marriage isn’t to make you “happy,” but to make you “holy.” The happiness is actually the fruit of your holiness. After you walk through the shadow of the valley of death… still holding each other’s hand.

Amazing, God. Just amazing 🙌🏼

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