"The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD."
Proverbs 16:33 (BIBLE, NIV)
Proverbs 16:33 (BIBLE, NIV)
Everyone loves a good love story. Throughout the ages, tales of lovers have been handed down from generation to generation, eagerly received with excitement and fascination. However, the greatest love stories are those, where God perfectly handled the events and circumstances in two people’s lives to bring them together.
As we look back on our lives up to this point, we are amazed at how perfectly God works. Though sometimes, things happen in our lives that don’t make sense, we can always look back later and see that God knew what He was doing all along. We hope that you will be blessed by reading our story. Our desire is that our relationship be a testimony to Jesus. He is truly able to do “exceedingly abundant" and "Above all that we could ever ask or think of.” To God be the Glory for the great things he has done.
I have met Sumeet in Bangalore. We know each other since two years. These were the days in my life, or rather I can say a age in which all my beloved ones were going through troubles in their married life. I completely had a different view about marriage which had been developed because of few people and also because of few circumstances. The fear of seeing broken relationships among my contemporaries made the thought of marriage more difficult. I used to wonder why people make a big deal about getting married. The comments, sms jokes about marriage and about husbands and wives...and its always negative that the very concept of marriage was redefined. I have developed a feeling that marriages are tough and I was afraid to get married to any person.... and I was afraid of what the kind of a person I would get??... what kind of a family do I get into??
Whenever my parents talked about my wedding... I had many questions.... Does God have a specific will concerning whom I should marry?? If yes, how do I find that out?? Does God over-write my choice in any case??? Why should I be responsible if it does not work out??? Does it matter at all??? I feared I would go out of the will of God.
During this time I came to know my LORD personally. Though I am born and brought up in a Christian family, I have never had a personal relationship with Christ. I got new Church, new fellowship... It is not that no one told me about God's love before, but the word of the LORD came powerfully to me and LORD opened my eyes and I have been spiritually born again and washed in His blood.
Praise God...!! Holy Spirit is a wonderful counselor and God really speaks. This was the time I heard the word of God everywhere about marriages.... relationships... God's opinion on marriage... how to know His will... Yes! It was a wonderful journey...!!! journey of Guidance and a journey of wonderful conversations with God...
Off-course, God dint show me his name.... like "thou shall marry Sumeet..." Hahahaha... But Yes! God used people either in church... or at home.... or within my friends... or through a message on TV... or through my personal devotion... or through a song...., and through many circumstances.... He answered all my questions in some or the other way. Thanks to God..... & Praise be to HIM alone.
When I met Sumeet, I have learnt lot of things from him. Sumeet encouraged me in the LORD and he also told me about what marriage is in sight of the LORD.
I have always admired how he encouraged me in the LORD. Yea!! I was impressed by the way LORD was leading me. I have become more close to Christ and everything around me changed. My mind transformed... my interests changed... my priorities changed...my way of thinking changed... my life has changed...
In this changed life, indeed a person who understood this change in me was Sumeet and still we were not ready and neither were my parents to make as big of a decision as one concerning marriage, and we didn’t know what else to do but we made a choice to surrender the relationship to God, and trust Him with the outcome. He would have to write our love story. Later we accepted each other... not because we are prefect but because our source of strength was same, our Christ. This was easy for me and for Sumeet. We both were firmly convinced that God was leading us together, and with the blessing of our parents, we were engaged on Sept 11th 2010 and thats how we continued our courtship.
The question is not about where and how we met... but it is about are we willing to glorify our CHRIST with this union!!!
Looking back on the way God has worked in our lives, we are reminded of how we are like small beings. Events in our lives don’t always make sense right as they are happening. We may get confused because circumstances seem unfair, difficult, or just don’t make sense. But when we step back and look at the entire picture, we cannot help but stand in amazement at how God has woven the threads of our lives together into a beautiful tapestry for His glory.
Because God has been faithful in the past, we gladly trust Him with our future. And for now, we are elated to live in the love story that God has written for us.
As we look back on our lives up to this point, we are amazed at how perfectly God works. Though sometimes, things happen in our lives that don’t make sense, we can always look back later and see that God knew what He was doing all along. We hope that you will be blessed by reading our story. Our desire is that our relationship be a testimony to Jesus. He is truly able to do “exceedingly abundant" and "Above all that we could ever ask or think of.” To God be the Glory for the great things he has done.
I have met Sumeet in Bangalore. We know each other since two years. These were the days in my life, or rather I can say a age in which all my beloved ones were going through troubles in their married life. I completely had a different view about marriage which had been developed because of few people and also because of few circumstances. The fear of seeing broken relationships among my contemporaries made the thought of marriage more difficult. I used to wonder why people make a big deal about getting married. The comments, sms jokes about marriage and about husbands and wives...and its always negative that the very concept of marriage was redefined. I have developed a feeling that marriages are tough and I was afraid to get married to any person.... and I was afraid of what the kind of a person I would get??... what kind of a family do I get into??
Whenever my parents talked about my wedding... I had many questions.... Does God have a specific will concerning whom I should marry?? If yes, how do I find that out?? Does God over-write my choice in any case??? Why should I be responsible if it does not work out??? Does it matter at all??? I feared I would go out of the will of God.
During this time I came to know my LORD personally. Though I am born and brought up in a Christian family, I have never had a personal relationship with Christ. I got new Church, new fellowship... It is not that no one told me about God's love before, but the word of the LORD came powerfully to me and LORD opened my eyes and I have been spiritually born again and washed in His blood.
Praise God...!! Holy Spirit is a wonderful counselor and God really speaks. This was the time I heard the word of God everywhere about marriages.... relationships... God's opinion on marriage... how to know His will... Yes! It was a wonderful journey...!!! journey of Guidance and a journey of wonderful conversations with God...
Off-course, God dint show me his name.... like "thou shall marry Sumeet..." Hahahaha... But Yes! God used people either in church... or at home.... or within my friends... or through a message on TV... or through my personal devotion... or through a song...., and through many circumstances.... He answered all my questions in some or the other way. Thanks to God..... & Praise be to HIM alone.
When I met Sumeet, I have learnt lot of things from him. Sumeet encouraged me in the LORD and he also told me about what marriage is in sight of the LORD.
I have always admired how he encouraged me in the LORD. Yea!! I was impressed by the way LORD was leading me. I have become more close to Christ and everything around me changed. My mind transformed... my interests changed... my priorities changed...my way of thinking changed... my life has changed...
In this changed life, indeed a person who understood this change in me was Sumeet and still we were not ready and neither were my parents to make as big of a decision as one concerning marriage, and we didn’t know what else to do but we made a choice to surrender the relationship to God, and trust Him with the outcome. He would have to write our love story. Later we accepted each other... not because we are prefect but because our source of strength was same, our Christ. This was easy for me and for Sumeet. We both were firmly convinced that God was leading us together, and with the blessing of our parents, we were engaged on Sept 11th 2010 and thats how we continued our courtship.
The question is not about where and how we met... but it is about are we willing to glorify our CHRIST with this union!!!
Looking back on the way God has worked in our lives, we are reminded of how we are like small beings. Events in our lives don’t always make sense right as they are happening. We may get confused because circumstances seem unfair, difficult, or just don’t make sense. But when we step back and look at the entire picture, we cannot help but stand in amazement at how God has woven the threads of our lives together into a beautiful tapestry for His glory.
Because God has been faithful in the past, we gladly trust Him with our future. And for now, we are elated to live in the love story that God has written for us.
We got married on Dec 22nd 2010.
Congratulations, Diana! You mentioned that God didn't tell you your husband's name..what's ironic is that...God told me my husband's name, before I met him. :)
ReplyDelete@Rachel: Thanks for reading my blog! Good to know that u knew his name!...Would love to know how it all happend! :)
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