Walking with God in 2019
It is Valentine Day and do I have “A Love Story”!
It was September 25 th , my 20 th birthday. Due to an injury, I was not traveling with the football team on that Saturday. I was trying to find the game on the radio in the Baptist Student Union, when a friend from my hometown joined me.
Lorella was a strong Christian, so the conversation turned to the Lord, His work, our experiences seeking and following His will for our lives. As we shared testimonies of how we had experienced His leadership, I told her about my off- campus activities. I was pastoring two small half-time churches in a rural area, and preaching as an interim pastor at a Black Baptist Church on Friday nights.
I realized being a single pastor had its dangers and pressures! The matchmakers in the congregations were having a heyday trying to find me a wife from the singles in the church!
I started praying for God’s will in my search for a wife. I had stopped dating for at least three months because I was convinced that God would bring the one I needed to me. My seeking the one had not been fruitful. I told God what kind of mate I wanted, I even gave Him the dimensions!
I told myfriend about my dilemma, and that I was wasting my time dating until I foundsomeone who was called to the ministry as a preacher’s wife.
She said shehad to run some errands, but for me to stay because she would like to continueour discussion later.
When shereturned, she brought her two roommates. One was a curly haired cutie who wasmiss personality. The other was very quiet, had Vaseline on her face, and hereyelashes and bangs were singed. She was the exhibitionist twirler and hadgotten too close to two fire batons.
She sprained her ankle marching in a parade on Monday. I got permission to tape her ankle, carry her down stairs, and help her to class.
WE starteddating and every date ended with a Bible study or a prayer meeting. I was a hotblooded Cajun, but God told me to keep my hands off because she was Hisproperty! Three weeks later she answered God’s call to be a pastor’s wife in achurch service. I asked God if this was the one? He gave me the affirmation!
That night, I asked her to marry me! We found each other through the will of God as an answer to prayer.
She said,“yes!” !!! Then I kissed her for the first time!
We had known each other three weeks and we married two months later! Since we both were from broken homes, we did not have a good example to follow, but since God created the family we used the Bible as our marriage manual.
We have beenmarried 64 years and 6 weeks, so its working extremely well!
Oh, by the way, I still remember those warm lips and that precious first kiss like it just happened!
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