Christians - did God bring you an unlikely husband/wife? Please share your stories!!?

Question

If you have experienced God bringing into your life an unlikely mate.... someone completely different than you thought you'd end up with.... could you please share your story?

Thanks!

Answer 1

My (boyfriend at the time) and I were together on and off for 2 years when I left him. I moved away and blocked his email so he could not reach me. For over 6 months we had no contact. Then one day, I was fiddling around with the computer and I unblocked his email. A few weeks later, he emailed me. Asking if he could see me and our daughter. I said that I would never see him, ever, and that I had started dating again. The next day, I went to a church picnic where I spoke to the pastor about it. He asked me "If you already made your decision about never seeing him again, why are you asking me about it?" When I got home, I emailed him back and said that I would see him. I later learnt that after I sent him that first email, He was so crushed. He told me that he took a long walk along the water and was crying and asking God to change my heart and give him another chance. 9 months after that, we were married.

Answer 2

I really can't say that God brought my husband into my life think it was more of my own choosing..me and my husband were very much as different as day and night and we still are. he was always more on the wild side of life and me I was just the opposite..we have had our up and downs through the years, we both have went our own ways, and I think this is where God actually came in our lives, everytime we would break up it could have been 1 week to 7 months, we always found our way back to each other..I talked of divorce many of times, and it never happened..we were prayed for through the years and I know now that God did bring us together and He is the one who has kept us together...But yeah were still as different as day and night, but we love each other and we respect each other.

Answer 3

Well, this is not about me- because I'm not married yet. I'm praying for a miracle of my own but story 1

My older sister had a couple of serious boyfriends in college but nothing worked out. She graduated and thought she would be married by then but she didn't even have a boyfriend. My mom told her to wait for God's timing and just be patient. She did, my pastor heard of a pastor in Michigan who was looking for a wife and gave him my sister's number. She thought- yeah, right!! Well, he called and called and called and within a year they were getting married. It has been three years they are very happy and have two ADORABLE daughters.
(we live in New Jersey, btw)

Story 2- The dean of women at my college, while she was in graduate school decided to take a trip to Germany. She met a couple of GIs and hung out with them for the two weeks she was there. At the end of her stay one of them asked her to marry him. She said yes. 30 some years and two children later she is still married to him.

Answer 4

When I met my husband, I was a drinker, did drugs, only listened to rock music, hated hunting and everything to do with it, avid reader, loved movies, dealt pot. My future husband didn't drink, do drugs, only listened to Fleetwood Mac and Harry Chapin, loved to hunt and fish, no interest in reading, very little interest in movies, worked for the Sheriff's dept.

He went on a date with my room mate to see if she could introduce him to a nice girl. I was there when he got to the apartment and he fell in love with me, (even though I was NOT a nice girl). It was not reciprocated but I went out with him because he was nice, and respectful towards me.

He was very open to trying new music and sharing my movie addiction. (He took me to see "An American Werewolf in London" 12 times!) He agreed to stop hunting if I would stop doing drugs. We were married a year later.

I became a Christian the month before we were married, he became a Christian a few years later, after our twins were born.

Twenty five years later, a lot of give and take, and sharing our faith has kept us going strong.

Answer 5

People may think that my husband and I are from two sides of the street. But God has blessed our family. My husband is now a believer and his family has joined our church. When we first met I never thought it would happen but I am seeing God's handiwork right before my very eyes. Faith was the key. God told me, when I changed the situation would change. ALL THINGS are possible with God. Believe that.

Answer 6

DEFINITELY YES! When I met my husband, he was a total jock and so full of himself that it made me want to hurl! I met him at the skating rink when I took roller skating for phys ed credit (EASY A!!!) - he was the dj. The instructor would make me come out on the floor and demonstrate couples moves with him, since I already knew how to skate. He was really hot, but every time I saw him, he was with a different girl, so I wouldn't even tell him my last name, let alone give him my phone number! I didn't get the chance to go skating for about a year after the phys ed class was over, because that next year was my senior year of high school and I worked after school & was also involved in choir, band, drill team, the spring musical, etc. I had also been dating another guy for over a year and he didn't skate, so you know... ANYWAY, sometime during May of my senior year, I went skating with my sister & some friends. Tony was there, out on the floor skating, and LITERALLY fell on his a** when he saw me! ROTFL!!! So I showed a little compassion and gave him my number (I was still dating the other guy, mind you - but I just felt like I was SUPPOSED to give him my number after that!) I overheard him tell his friend that he was going to marry me, and I remember thinking "YEAH RIGHT!", but this little voice inside me confirmed it. I now believe that voice was the Holy Spirit, but I didn't realize it at the time, since I was only 18 and did NOT grow up in a Christian home. By the time July rolled around, I had broken up with my boyfriend and my first official date with Tony was July 11, 1981 - he took me to his brother's wedding and said "we're next!" We moved in together in October 1981 (my mom kicked me out because I had graduated and wasn't her responsibility anymore - I didn't even get the OPTION of paying rent and staying - and yes, I was working. I've worked & paid my own way since I was 14.) We got married on April 24, 1982 - AFTER I broke some of his cocky attitude down (LOL - don't worry - he had to break some of my control freak attitude too!) and we just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. We have two beautiful daughters, the oldest is 24 and the youngest will be 22 next week, and the most adorable 2 1/2 year old granddaughter! We're still opposites - I like movies/tv shows as far away from reality as possible, but he likes reality shows; I love to read, he hates to read; he's real "outdoorsy" - I like to camp, as long as there's a real bathroom close by! I'm low maintenance, he can spend MUCH longer in the bathroom getting ready to go somewhere than I will! ;-) He loves to talk on the phone / be surrounded by people - I like my "alone time"! But I guess it's true that opposites attract, and God gives us someone who has what we're lacking so that the two can complete each other - and we both love Jesus, so we're good and we have the strength to make it through life's trials since we rely on God to show us the way.

Answer 7

Oh, there is no doubt that God set up the marriage between me and my wife.

I was absolutely devastated when my first wife left our marriage. She was not interested in me or our two kids. They were very early teens at the time. I was left to raise them up, and try to deal with my extreme disappointment in everything, God included.

After nine years, both kids were out on their own, and I was completely alone. I lived in my car for a while, then found a tiny apartment.

I was not happy at all. I was raised a Catholic so had an understanding of God, but I had a long-standing "arguement" with Him about something else from 30 years before....

Anyway I "cried out" to God. Well, rather, I yelled at Him, and asked for an end to the suffering. (I was hoping for death, by the way, but figured He already knew that.)

Well, needless to say, I did not die. What happened was a series of odd things all leading me to the Bible, and to a spiritual "awakening".

For example, I bought myself a TV. I had a decent job, but was terrible with money. I put aside a little bit, and decided that since it had been years since I had one, I deserved a treat. The thing is, it had a built-in timer, and if I fell asleep with the TV on, it reverted to its "default" channel after a while. Oh, what was on the default channel? Sermons!

I would run into absolute strangers, and they would bring up spiritual topics. I would be doing my regular work, and co-workers would bring up spiritual topics, and prayers, and all sorts of stuff.

My boss asked me to "partner" with a lady to work on a large, high-profile, really important task that the whole place basically depended on. She was a Christian, and a strong one. I have some artistic talents, so my partner would have her church friends talk to me about how to make props for church activities.

Church, church, church! I just could not seem to escape it!

Eventually, I had yet another financial crisis. I decided to give the "God thing" a try. I asked for help then sat by. I know there was nothing I could do to come up with $2,700, so I just waited. 2 days before the deadline, I came home from work to find a white Express Delivery envelope inside my door. Inside was a check for $3,000 as winnings from some contest that I am sure I never entered.

I cashed the check the next day, paid the $2,700 and had $300 left over. Cool! Then I thought about my asking God for help, and to me, this just had to be God. It was too perfect a solution to be just mere coincidence. I gave the extra $300, which was exactly 10% of the total, to my partner to give to her church. 10% is a tithe, or a tenth, which is what God said that the Jews were to give back. I thought if 10% was good enough for the Jews, it was good enough for me.

Soon after that, I was invited (several times) to visit the church I had donated to. Finally I did, completely unannounced. Even my friend did not know I was coming, although I did ask for her when I arrived at the door.

The sermon was absolutely the most inspiring lesson I had ever heard. The minister was funny, but delivered a message that seemed like was personalized to me. The church members made me feel like I was home amongst a loving family. I had never experienced that before in my life. My birth family was rather dysfunctional, and my married life before was equally messed up.

I came back again and again. I was invited by some of the church leaders to come to a Bible class. I did so, and decided before the class was over that what I needed to do was be baptized. They were overjoyed to help me out, and I was added to the church.

Then, my life changed completely.

I am now married to the lady who was my partner at work. The congregation submitted my name to the church leadership with the recommendation that I be made a church deacon.

Oh, did I mention that the church is a black congregation? The minister is black, the deacons and about 95% of the members are black.

My partner was a black lady. I am white.

Even our families get along better than most in-laws after all these years. Is there still any doubt that this marriage was God inspired?

Answer 8

Yes. I went halfway around the world, and there she was. Lot's of talk from our friends that it would not last. It's perfect, though. They are all divorced, and we're still going strong.

In fact, come to think of it the Lord has done a lot of Bait and Switches with me. What He had planned is always better than what I have planned. Thank you Lord

Answer 9

Like a minister once said...."You date a wonderful girl, she's
seemingly a dream come true......but it's wise to remember
the real person is locked away at home in a closet waiting
for the marriage certificate to set it loose!

Answer 10

Yes, I was on my way to Wal Mart Norwalk when I heard the spirit of God tell me to Go to Sante Fe Springs Wal Mart. I did not want to go but obiedance i had to be to the Lord. I met some guys from a mens home selling candy there and the one that is my husband now said "Mam,would you like to buy a candy.?" I was already up set cause I thought God was just testing my obiedance to him. So I started to pray and ask God what my purpose was there and who he had sent me to talk to, Well when I got done from shopping for what i had went for, I began asking question about there mens home and felt a need to talk to John (the one who is my husband now)well he began to talk to me like if i was in the world and ministering to me, I was like Jesus this man dont know who I am in you,(cause he did not know I was a preacher) so when he stopped talking, the spirit of God used me to prophecy to him and he tripped out. 2 weeks later i went to his church and i was sitting there asking god why am i at this church? After the service John (Not yet my husband) introdcued me to a girl and she said Rosemary do you know why you are here?she said " Well we prayed last night and John wanted to see you again and she said she asked God to please bring me there." so I went there on a prayer. So i told him who i was and what ministry I had come from. We got to know each other. Well i had been praying for a mate and so was he. But i was pacific on whom and what i wanted k. so as i began to ask God more and more he told me it was John, and then i came up with alot of excuses why it couldnt be my him. But God always had an answer. Well John was slow at getting to the point and I told God I was going back to my church and I was not going to waist my time if he wasnt going to make a move, well God had him make a move and he said Rosemary I feel these plans in your life I am including in them, so every since then we stood together. But it was God, cause he is so different than I, I would of never picked him at all. We met in Sept. starting dating in November married in January. I asked God if that was too soon , but Jesus told me that as long as we are in him we already know each other in spirit and in truth.It has been 1 yr and 4 months we have been married now. The best thing about this marriage is that we are growing together and closer and God is in the midst of it all. We both have a ministry out of our house and are Associate Pastor at Saints of Value Ministries. It has been an awesome journey. Every trial and tribulation we have gone through has brought us closer and things just begin to fall off of us as we grow. The stronger we get in Christ the closer we are to one another. If you have not met your match be patient God will bring you to you. If you are praying for a mate I will agree with you that God bring you a women of Jesus and that she will be humble before the Lord and you, and be whom he wants for you and not whom you want k God bless you