I have always been someone that attended church with my family, but it wasn’t until 2013, the year I graduated high school, that I got to know Jesus. It was a transforming time on a mission trip in Joplin, MO where I truly met Jesus. He slowly helped to pull back different layers in my life and surrender it over to Him, little did I know He was preparing me for my world to shake.
I was far from perfect, I was participating in underage drinking and my boyfriend, Tyler (husband now), and I were involved with each other more than we should have been before marriage, but the Lord was working on me.
In 2015, Tyler admitted to me that he was unfaithful to me two times throughout our high school and college years. It broke me and made me completely lean on God for His strength. I was crying on the bathroom floor when I read in Psalm 119: “I pray with all my heart; answer me, Lord! I will obey your principles. I cry out to you; save me, that I may obey your decrees. I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in your words. I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise. In your faithful love, O Lord, hear my cry; in your justice, save my life.” The Holy Spirit spoke to me and carried me that night.
It took some time, but we were able to make it through this heartbreak focusing on trust, communication, honesty, and of course a new foundation built on our Lord.
We became one under God, on a beautiful sunny day on June 1st, 2018. We have changed a lot since 2015 and even though there have been hardships, I really am so grateful for them. They grew us, formed us, and made us love our Father in heaven even more.
The Quarreling Wife is such a great book! It really brought me back to the truth in how beautiful and full filling life as a wife can be, even if there are hardships. Society today is trying to pull us in so many ways, but I’m so grateful to have read this book and remind me of how God made us from a man and what that calling is all about for us women.