Soooo…
Definitely did what i didn’t want to, which was not post on here for a seriously silly amount of time! I could make a load of excuses like, Ive been getting married, it was Christmas, my dog died (when really i just realised i never even had one), but to be honest it doesn’t matter!
Back on the blog wagon!
So I got married about a month ago now and it was by far the best day of my life and a better end to the year than I could ever have imagined! Hannah’s and my journey over the last year was just out standing and I’m so happy that it was this year that marked not just our birth together in Christ but also the birth of our lives together forever!
How much more could a guy ask for!!
So our wedding went amazing and we had two weeks off (well i did, Hannah had to revise) to hang out with family and friends over Christmas and celebrate Gods gift of love and grace to all man kind.
With all this in mind I thought I would share another part of our journey that is very close to home and extremely personal indeed (and I actually right at this moment text my wife to see if it was acceptable to write about it openly lol) but it is an amazing testimony of Gods power in our lives when we receive His promise. For all of our relationship Hannah and I were sexually active and not being Christian it was no big deal to us and was just a normal part of any relationship anyone would have. Sex was never a big thing to us and was never something sacred or special (in a religious sense) as it had always been part and parcel of the whole experience of life, until we became followers of Christ.
When we became Christian and decided that keeping Jesus as the pinnacle of our lives was the way we wanted to move forward, sex became a different thing to us. We decided it was to be kept sacred and special. We had a series of conversations and decided one night, after I had a word of wisdom from a dream, that sex was something we wanted to keep until after marriage. As me and Hannah talked about it this certain night I remembered a dream the previous night where I had been given a verse to read. So we sat down and opened my bible to read, and this is what we read;
“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.”
Luke 11:33
This verse instantly spoke to us both! God is our light and we should let that light shine into every aspect of our life. This meant trusting in God that he would follow us through this time and guide us in the right way!
So with our trust in God we decided we should stop having sex until we got married, whilst still living together. It was an amazing experience and letting God reach into every part of our lives and renewing it has been incredible! Gods entire person is based on love for us and renewing us so we can be the best, and can give testimony of His greatness! God gave us the power to abstain until we where married so we could give ourselves to each other in the most amazing way!
We have been so blessed and so loved it is mind blowing! This protection, love, honour and strength is all from God, and it is for EVERYONE! He can lift everyone and anyone into righteousness through his love and power!
Just receive!
“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”
Romans 8:5
Receive God in every aspect of your lives, trust in his promise and word and you will see great things happen! We are sons and daughters of God, with a huge inheritance that is available to all who trust in His love!
Remember God is love…
“Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the handle, Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, Doesn’t revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 MSG
Amazing!!!!!
Finally a new update!
Sorry I have been gone, been a busy couple of weeks working and getting the final bits and pieces done before my wedding in 5 weeks time!! I left off last time with my first ever encounter with God and my turning point from atheism to faith in Christ! From here I hit a couple of barriers in my journey with God. Today I am going to talk about one of these.
From I was about 5 years old I had known I had a learning difficulty called dyslexia, it is quite common but it is just quite an annoying condition (hence difficulty). With dyslexia it was hard for me doing most academic things such as anything to do with letters and numbers. I would make simple mistakes like spelling “dog” “bog” (for example, “Я” instead of “R”), and reading was a nightmare, the characters on the page I would be reading would be dancing all over the place. As a result of this I never really pushed myself academically, because I never thought I would be able to achieve anything with the problems I had, even though I had great support in place from the school I attended and my parents at home.
This all led me to pursue sports over anything else and to leave school at 16 to play ice hockey for a team in Scotland. With my career and soul focus being on sports my learning difficulty never really proved a problem in everyday life, apart from reading the occasional sign post or advertisement wrong, which most of the time proved hilarious because of the concoction of words I would produce in my head.
These years later I was inspired to start reading by my new found life in Christianity, and my eagerness and drive to learn and understand. I spent a great deal of time talking to Hannah about this and so for my 21st birthday she bought me my first Bible for me to study. So one night I sat down to read with Hannah and opened to start at Romans. When I did this my heart stopped when I saw the letters on the page dancing everywhere, and broke down knowing that I couldn’t read. Hannah knew my previous problems with dyslexia but issues with it had never really been a part of our relationship as i never read and if I needed to, like a food menu, Hannah would have always read it for me. This time was different because i had an eagerness inside of me that wanted to read, learn and understand from the Bible but my dyslexia would not let me. Hannah comforted me and prayed with me that my dyslexia would not be a block in my journey with Christ and that I would be able to read and learn like everyone. After that I left my Bible for the night and went to bed upset that for once I wanted to read but couldn’t.
I don’t remember exactly how long after this night it was that i was healed, but i remember finishing Romans and thinking nothing of it until i told Hannah I had just finished Romans. Hannah turned to me and said “Do you realize what you just did?” and it clicked! I had just finished a book in the bible, and thinking back over it with out problem or block or need for help. I was over the moon! That summer I read 6 books (more than I have read in my lifetime) and a chapter, some times more, of the Bible a day and studying through it.
Today I read every day and fly through books with out hindrance, I bought a Strongs Concordance and study not only English words in the Bible but the original Hebrew and Greek!
Gods act of healing in my life is amazing and He has changed my life in the most amazing way! I am so grateful for His presence in my life and that I am now free to learn and study freely with Him for life!
Gods healing is for everyone and I thank Christ everyday for taking everything on the cross so I can be full, free and righteous in life!
“But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whomthe world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”
Galatians 6:14
To God be the glory.
