Yesterday morning as I was doing a few things around the house, I had the radio on. The song, “Broken Road” came on and made me think of my marriage.
“Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you”
Others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you”
That song has so much meaning to me. I had a broken heart…I was lost along the way…until I stumbled across this man. Okay, maybe I didn’t stumble, because neither of us thinks our relationship was left to chance. In fact, we truly believe God led us to each other! I know with all my heart that God led me to this man that knows how to love me.
Later on in the day, “Unanswered Prayers” came on.
“Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talking' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers”
Remember when you're talking' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers”
That was twice in one day, that I was reminded my life worked out, that God had plans for me. Years ago, I was praying for my first relationship, hoping that things would get better and we would have a healthy and happy relationship, but those prayers did not work out. My husband? He was praying for his previous marriage and his prayers didn’t work out either.
Whew!
Our unanswered prayers led us to each other! I can’t even begin to imagine how different my life would be if I had never met my husband.
I don’t know what the future holds for us. I don’t know if my husband and I will have 50 more days with each other or 50 more years together. I don’t know if we will have another child together or if our blended family of six will remain this size. I don’t know if my writing will take me on a new journey or if something else will come along.
I do know that I will continue to pray for the things that I think that we need, and that more than likely many of my prayers will go unanswered… but I am okay with that.
Life always works out and His plan is much better than any plan I could have ever dreamt up. I am thankful for the broken road I traveled on and for the prayers that went unanswered.
I'll take Plan B any ol' day. ;o)
I believe in second chances and my marriage is just another reason that leads me to believe that God does too.
2011 is the perfect opportunity for a second chance. Is there something you prayed for that went unanswered? Are you holding onto guilt or shame because you feel like God will not forgive you? God is a God of forgiveness and a God of second chances. All you have to do is ask.
Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Psalm 30:2 “God, my God, I yelled for help and you put me together. God, you pulled me out of the grave, gave me another chance at life when I was down-and-out.”
Matthew 18:21-22 “Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.”
Today I am linking up with Julie at Marriage Mondays
