My hubby and I have noticed in the last few months that there have been a few significant days in our life that the Lord has given us a Rainbow! All 3 of the times I am going to mention happened on the exact same property! After the 3rd rainbow, my hubby and I were convinced that it was definitely God's way of giving us a peace about what we were doing...
Our First Rainbow... December 21, 2002 - Our wedding day! The best day of my life! I married my VERY best friend and the most amazing man I know! I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Lord brought him into my life and gave him just to me! I'm so amazed at the Lord's leading in our lives that brought us to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (of all places)! God literally brought us from opposite corners of the world to Oklahoma... I'm so thankful for that! I have no doubt that it was the Lord's hand was in that! He confirmed HIS will for David and I to me many, many, many times in the months before we started "dating" (for lack of a better word!)
We got married at Eugene Baptist Temple (my childhood church and the church my husband is NOW the Pastor of!) Our Preacher did the ceremony... it was beautiful! I love the vows he wrote... they were perfect! It was truly a celebration of all the Lord had done in our lives and in the lives of our families! I had everyone there I loved... even all 4 of my parents! God was soooooo good that day!
We walked out of the church after the ceremony and there was a beautiful rainbow! That moment is forever engrained in our minds...
Our Second Rainbow... May 8, 2011 - Preacher Resigned from EBT. Now this might sound kind of weird! At this point we had been here for 9 months and my hubby had been made the Asst. Pastor. He had the opportunity to do a lot of the preaching, etc... we were loving church life! Preacher came to us and announced to us that he would be retiring and he was going to recommend to the church that they vote us in! We were BLOWN away... humbled... excited... scared... schocked... and then an overwhelming PEACE!
Everyone that night at church had such a mix of emotions. Ourselves included... Preacher had been MY Pastor for pretty my whole life. Yes, I had spent 10 yrs away from home but Eugene Baptist Temple was home! Preacher had been at EBT for 24 years... thats unheard of for most Pastor's! They don't stick around long... He stuck it out through alot of ups and downs! So for him to now not be the Pastor of EBT was a hard thing... but everyone was excited about the prospect of my hubby becoming the new Pastor!
We all walked out of church that night... with tears and smiles... and wouldn't you know it?! The Lord had painted a beautiful rainbow across the sky! We were all slightly in awe...
Our Third Rainbow... May 11, 2011 - The Church Unanimously votes in my Husband as Pastor! Great night at church!!! We still can't believe that the Lord has brought us here and allowed us to Pastor this church! We are truly honored!!!
And again, 3 days after the second rainbow God placed another one in the sky! This really got me because it was like the Lord was placing his "stamp of approval" on our wonderful, miracle church! I've seen the Lord answer some big prayer requests and work in some mighty ways already! I can't wait to see what the years ahead hold for us at Eugene Baptist Temple!
This last week or so has been a bit tough... and I was praying at some point yesterday and talking to the Lord about "Our Rainbows" and told HIM, "Lord, I really need to see another one of your Rainbows!!!" My hubby was fast asleep already as he has to get up at 3.30am to go to work but I was checking Facebook one last time before turning in for the night! And what did I see??! A RAINBOW... seriously! One of my friends posted a picture of a rainbow she had seen that day and posted above it, "A Reminder of God's Promise!" WOW! I couldn't believe it... God is so good to us! I love that HE remains interested in our lives... no matter what faults I have, no matter how many times I may fail HIM and others... I am so thankful for HIS unconditional love! As humans we are not good at that Unconditional Love thing but I am so thankful I have a Heavenly Father who is touched with my hurtings... and holds my tears in HIS hands! In that knowledge, I can pick up and go on! No matter what happens! He is holding me in His hands! What a thought...
Our First Rainbow... December 21, 2002 - Our wedding day! The best day of my life! I married my VERY best friend and the most amazing man I know! I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Lord brought him into my life and gave him just to me! I'm so amazed at the Lord's leading in our lives that brought us to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (of all places)! God literally brought us from opposite corners of the world to Oklahoma... I'm so thankful for that! I have no doubt that it was the Lord's hand was in that! He confirmed HIS will for David and I to me many, many, many times in the months before we started "dating" (for lack of a better word!)
We got married at Eugene Baptist Temple (my childhood church and the church my husband is NOW the Pastor of!) Our Preacher did the ceremony... it was beautiful! I love the vows he wrote... they were perfect! It was truly a celebration of all the Lord had done in our lives and in the lives of our families! I had everyone there I loved... even all 4 of my parents! God was soooooo good that day!
We walked out of the church after the ceremony and there was a beautiful rainbow! That moment is forever engrained in our minds...
Our Second Rainbow... May 8, 2011 - Preacher Resigned from EBT. Now this might sound kind of weird! At this point we had been here for 9 months and my hubby had been made the Asst. Pastor. He had the opportunity to do a lot of the preaching, etc... we were loving church life! Preacher came to us and announced to us that he would be retiring and he was going to recommend to the church that they vote us in! We were BLOWN away... humbled... excited... scared... schocked... and then an overwhelming PEACE!
Everyone that night at church had such a mix of emotions. Ourselves included... Preacher had been MY Pastor for pretty my whole life. Yes, I had spent 10 yrs away from home but Eugene Baptist Temple was home! Preacher had been at EBT for 24 years... thats unheard of for most Pastor's! They don't stick around long... He stuck it out through alot of ups and downs! So for him to now not be the Pastor of EBT was a hard thing... but everyone was excited about the prospect of my hubby becoming the new Pastor!
We all walked out of church that night... with tears and smiles... and wouldn't you know it?! The Lord had painted a beautiful rainbow across the sky! We were all slightly in awe...
Our Third Rainbow... May 11, 2011 - The Church Unanimously votes in my Husband as Pastor! Great night at church!!! We still can't believe that the Lord has brought us here and allowed us to Pastor this church! We are truly honored!!!
And again, 3 days after the second rainbow God placed another one in the sky! This really got me because it was like the Lord was placing his "stamp of approval" on our wonderful, miracle church! I've seen the Lord answer some big prayer requests and work in some mighty ways already! I can't wait to see what the years ahead hold for us at Eugene Baptist Temple!
This last week or so has been a bit tough... and I was praying at some point yesterday and talking to the Lord about "Our Rainbows" and told HIM, "Lord, I really need to see another one of your Rainbows!!!" My hubby was fast asleep already as he has to get up at 3.30am to go to work but I was checking Facebook one last time before turning in for the night! And what did I see??! A RAINBOW... seriously! One of my friends posted a picture of a rainbow she had seen that day and posted above it, "A Reminder of God's Promise!" WOW! I couldn't believe it... God is so good to us! I love that HE remains interested in our lives... no matter what faults I have, no matter how many times I may fail HIM and others... I am so thankful for HIS unconditional love! As humans we are not good at that Unconditional Love thing but I am so thankful I have a Heavenly Father who is touched with my hurtings... and holds my tears in HIS hands! In that knowledge, I can pick up and go on! No matter what happens! He is holding me in His hands! What a thought...
