I met my husband when I was a freshman in college. He is five years older than me and was my first serious boyfriend. At that time I was a lot more committed to him than he was to me. I dated him for two years despite the fact that it was no secret that I wasn’t the only one he was seeing. When we broke up I had a hard time dealing with it, but I tried my best to move on because I knew deep in my heart that God wanted me to concentrate on my studies. God also used this time in my life to draw me closer to HIM, become my own person, and build my self-esteem. About three months after we broke up, I was at my parent’s house for the weekend. I was in the living room on the couch by myself sort of dosing off when I heard a distinct voice say, “Its not over between the two of you.” I opened my eyes for a few minutes thinking that I might hear more, but I didn’t so I went back to my nap. The following month, I was going through a difficult time in school and one Sunday night I was so down I didn’t know what to do. Before I went to bed I got down on my knees and prayed thinking that I would be going to God in prayer about my education, but for whatever reason I was lead to pray for my ex-boyfriend and I asked God to reveal to me if he was the one or not. I went to sleep and forgot about the prayer until a few days later when God answered me. The answer was yes. I’m not going to go into detail on how God answered me because it really wouldn’t make sense to anybody else, but I think, as Christians, we all know when God is speaking to us loud and clear.
What I didn’t realize at the time was that just because God said yes didn’t mean that He was going to do it right then. God spent three years shaping and molding me into the woman He wanted me to be. He wanted me to learn how to trust Him with my whole heart and He wanted to me to have the kind of faith where I could believe Him for anything. He was also shaping and molding me to be the kind of wife He knew my husband would need. At the same time He was working on my husband. Now, there were times I got frustrated and their were times when I would ask God for confirmation because I wanted to be absolutely sure I heard him right. So, there were many more times over the years that God did speak to me and reassure me that, yes, I’d heard Him correctly.
If God has spoken to you about a mate, keep it to yourself. Don’t tell anybody. Something I learned is that when God puts something in your spirit and He tells you He is going to bring it to pass, the devil will do everything in his power to make it look like it won’t happen. I made a big mistake by telling my “friends”, at that time, what God had shown me. They laughed at me, told me I was out of touch with reality and surely I’d miss-heard. One “friend” even told me that maybe I would marry a man by the same name, but it wouldn’t be my ex. But God is so good and brought a true friend into my life who not only helped me get closer to God, but became my prayer partner and two years after God told me my ex would be my husband, he confirmed it to my prayer partner and she and I began to pray together about it.
Next month we will be celebrating our four-year wedding anniversary. I can truly say that God gave me the perfect husband for me.
So, this is my long winded way of saying, yes, I know without a doubt that God will tell you who your mate is.