You know when you have been married a long time, it is very easy to take your spouse for granted and it is easy to let days be ordinary and not push as hard to do speical things like when we were courting.
Our care group did not meet tonight and our leader said as our assignement for spouses to go out on a date night, so Shawn took me out and it was so wonderful. We went to Riparian park and walked around and saw the ducks and took pictures with our cell phones of the ducks and the sunset nature is so beautiful and speical a gift from God. Then we went to the library and we read some poetry to each other from Maya Angelou and then I look at some of Shawn's astronomy books with him.
We then went to McDonalds and got a small sundae each for dessert, I got mine with chocolate syrup and Shawn got his with strawberry syrup.
Then we came home and spend time together and I have to say I am very blessed to be married. Being married is a privilege not a right. It is hard to believe that we will be married 15 years in the fall. the Lord has blessed us as we have grown closer to Him and also to each other.
I want to dedicate this post to my husband my beloved Shawn Richard because you have blessed with with your love, romance, kindness, sense of humor and the way you lead our household in the Lord and the way you live for Jesus each day. I love you so much and I have nothing but the highest respect for you. All my love forever Jennifer
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Waiting on the Lord Gods plan
Waiting on the Lord is not always easy, but oh so worth it. I knew my husband 4 years before we got married. It was not in Gods timing to marry right away both of us needed jobs and one of us needed benefits and it was a time of testing and trial for us.
Our parents and pastor had asked us to wait until things were a little more settled, plus there were other factors that we could not "sweep under the rug" like our finanacial needs and other needs that we had.
By Gods grace we were able to be sustained and we did not have relations until we were married. We will be married 15 years this fall. And we will know eachother 19 years in September. I was 24 years old and Shawn was 30 two months later he turned 31 when we married.
The waiting taught me a lot even though at times I was resentful. I treasure each day I have with Shawn because it took a long time for God to unite us and We desire not only to have romantic love which is wonderful but to bless and help and encourage and edify those around us.
Our parents and pastor had asked us to wait until things were a little more settled, plus there were other factors that we could not "sweep under the rug" like our finanacial needs and other needs that we had.
By Gods grace we were able to be sustained and we did not have relations until we were married. We will be married 15 years this fall. And we will know eachother 19 years in September. I was 24 years old and Shawn was 30 two months later he turned 31 when we married.
The waiting taught me a lot even though at times I was resentful. I treasure each day I have with Shawn because it took a long time for God to unite us and We desire not only to have romantic love which is wonderful but to bless and help and encourage and edify those around us.
Are you going through a tough time of waiting God will sustain you and through the trials make you mature, complete, not lacking anything. see James 1:4
I also learned the best things in life are worth waiting for and nothing worth having ever comes easy or cheap.
Be encouraged and God bless you
Jennifer
Ephesians 4:29 What I have learned
God has been convicting me and lovingly by His grace and mercy teaching me what to say and what not to say.
Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to thier needs, and that it may benefit those who listen
I am loud and I will be the first to admit this. I love attention and I like to make people laugh and sometimes I like to shock people with what I say. I lived in New York for over 37 years and because of my culture I tend to speak what is on my mind and say things "like it is" and can be very "in your face" and passionate about the things I beleive in.
The bible verse listed above says the talk that should be spoken are to be helpful and edifying and building others up and to benefit those who will listen.
I also write better than I actually speak, but I am asking the Lord that I would be more encouraging less overly talkative, more edifying and less gossip for me this means idle talk and poking fun about people and things, to process things before saying them not just be overly impulsive and blurt things out, to have times of quiet and meditation on the Lord Jesus Christ not to always be continually talking. More time in prayer and caring for people in intercessory prayer and writing letters to people when I can and less time on the computer.
I just Praise the Lord and thank Him that he loves me enough to convict me of my sins, faults and shortcomings so I can concentrate on being a godly woman see Proverbs 31:10-31 and Titus 2:3-5
My prayer for all of you that read this blog is that you would be edified and encouraged and I thank all of you my family, friends, care group, and church family and my beloved Shawn Richard for all the love and prayers you have blessed me with. May God reward you and bless you.
Be encouraged, be blessed and celebrate life Jennifer a.k.a encourager4god
Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to thier needs, and that it may benefit those who listen
I am loud and I will be the first to admit this. I love attention and I like to make people laugh and sometimes I like to shock people with what I say. I lived in New York for over 37 years and because of my culture I tend to speak what is on my mind and say things "like it is" and can be very "in your face" and passionate about the things I beleive in.
The bible verse listed above says the talk that should be spoken are to be helpful and edifying and building others up and to benefit those who will listen.
I also write better than I actually speak, but I am asking the Lord that I would be more encouraging less overly talkative, more edifying and less gossip for me this means idle talk and poking fun about people and things, to process things before saying them not just be overly impulsive and blurt things out, to have times of quiet and meditation on the Lord Jesus Christ not to always be continually talking. More time in prayer and caring for people in intercessory prayer and writing letters to people when I can and less time on the computer.
I just Praise the Lord and thank Him that he loves me enough to convict me of my sins, faults and shortcomings so I can concentrate on being a godly woman see Proverbs 31:10-31 and Titus 2:3-5
My prayer for all of you that read this blog is that you would be edified and encouraged and I thank all of you my family, friends, care group, and church family and my beloved Shawn Richard for all the love and prayers you have blessed me with. May God reward you and bless you.
Be encouraged, be blessed and celebrate life Jennifer a.k.a encourager4god
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- encourager4god
- First off I would be nothing without Jesus Christ see John 15:5. He is my everything and my all in all. Secondly I am married to a very speical man who wants to serve the Lord with all of his heart, the gift is not so much being married although that is awesome but knowing we have a Saviour we can come to at all times for all things that we go through in our lives. We relocated from New York in January of 2007 and the Lord has been so good to us when you see this blog please keep me in prayer for the right job that the Lord wants me to have. I thank the Lord for the finished work of Jesus Christ dying on the cross for our sins so we can be saved.