2009 was a FABULOUS year for me (one of the best ever!
)
Do you know that song "Family Portrait" by Pink (I know this is the CF but still), well that was my family
. Nevermind that we were regular churchgoers and we looked great on the outside but at home
. As a little girl, I spent many times in my room crying and praying for the reconciliation of my parents . Arguments...depression...to separation..to divorce. I prayed unceasingly and always kept for myself a picture of them smiling at their first wedding. I believed Jesus could fix it and I just KNEW (there's nothing like child-like faith, i tell ya) we would be a happy family again despite everything.
Now I've done this for about two decades. That picture in its silver frame went with me to boarding school, colleges, moving to a new country etc. Neither of them remarried, and they were just courteous AT MOST when they spoke. And yes...many a time I tried to "help" things to get rolling
but God has Perfect Timing so I just kept praying
I don't pray for my parents to get back together anymore...I stopped in December.
Because they started working things out, have reconciled and now got remarried and are "in love" again !!!!!!!! This didn't happen overnight, of course, but I kept praying when I saw improvements until they were all the way there! I still pray for them, but it's different now
I know I'm a big girl now and I live on my own but do you know what it's like to have a childhood wish come true???
Anyhoo, I just wanted to praise God here too...*as I now look two wedding pictures of my smiling "just married" parents on my dresser...THIRTY YEARS apart*....HALLELUJAH!
Keep the faith and hang in there. You will reap if you faint not