Yes, I know what many of you are going to say - not to be unequally yoked. But, I am not talking about being unequally yoked. What I am talking about is meeting someone that you just know God led to you, and then he got converted. And then you got together.
Any stories would be appreciated.
2007-05-23 17:53:16 · 12 answers · asked by smileygirl 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, I met my husband, who was unsaved when I met him, through a guy that lived next door to me. My neighbor was a full blown alcoholic. We lived down by the river and this man absolutely repulsed me. His demeaner and hateful attitude, and his drinking, his mouth. I, my self was going through my own 'wilderness' time,so the last thing I wanted is to deal with a drunk.
One night it was pouring rain, and he was passed out on a log next to the river. I went down to make sure he was ok, he wasn't moving, and foulness spewed from his mouth. I kept feeling the Lord nudging me to go to him. I told the Lord, I've got enough problems of my own, he's worse off than I am, I don't have any strength for myself, let alone an alcoholic, what do you want me to do?! He said, "If he's hungry, feed him! If he's cold give him some dry clothes to wear!". Now keep in mind that I wanted nothing to do with this man, but I took him in, fed him and got him some dry clothes, and a blanket. He called me a 'Bible thumper, Jesus freak and few other choice things. But I just kept doing what the Lord told me to do.
Then one day, he got real sick--he'd drank so much he had 5 bleeding ulcers and his had destroyed his liver. I kept bringing him soup and trying to nurse him back to health, and putting up with his smart remarks. One night about 4 o'clock in the morning, the Lord woke me up out of a sound sleep and told me to go into his room and tell him "he had better get his life right with Me or he was going to loose it" So I did, he cursed at me, and said "I already did", the Lord told me again, to "say it until he hears you" So I repeated it, that he had better get his life right with God or he was going to loose it" After the third time of saying it, he finally said ok, I will. And he went to sleep. Six hours later, he was dead!!
I was crushed! I called his friend who lived about 1000 miles from here, to tell him he had died. Never met this man before in my life, and he bought a plane ticket for $900 and flew out here to be with me , because I really fell hard into depression.He helped take care of all his things in storage and fixed up my house to try and cheer me up. He was so good to me, and we became friends. Now he didn't know the Lord either and one thing let to another and I fell in love with him. There was just something about him. He gave me back my hope and my joy of living again. He taught me to love life. I didn't want to be "unequally-yoked", and I knew I shouldn't marry him until and unless he was saved first,I didn't know what to do. But I didn't want to loose him either. Finally I decide to take a stand for Christ and told the Lord, with or without him Lord, you are first in my life, if it is your Will that i be alone, then so be it, I'll do whatever it is you want me to do"
I sought the Lord for days and would spend hours every day down by the river side in His Presence praying and asking the Lord to save him, And just kept doing what the Lord led me to do concerning him. I could tell he was starting to get real agitated with me, even jealous at times about how much time I spent with the Lord instead of him, He said he wanted me to love "him" more than I love the Lord,
Ofcourse I explained that the Lord God is first and will always be first in my life. Then I noticed that when I'd come home from praying, he had our christian station on the tv, and would run over real quick and shut it off. He started asking more and more questions. Then one day, he asked me if I would pray with him, Everything in me was leaping for joy, I took him by the hand and led him to the Lord!♫Oh Happy Day!!♪ ♫
He is the best thing that has ever happened to me, I thank God for him every day! I truly believe that he is a gift to me from God. I would have never met him, if I hadn't obeyed the Lord that day and helped my neighbor who just happened to be his friend. Not to mention, he lived a 1000 miles away from me. The changes in him have just been remarkable, he has such a gentle sweet spirit about him now. We are so much alike, I know what it means now when it says "the two shall become one flesh" He's not only my husband, he's my best friend. I've never sunk so low in depression as I did when that man died. .And he brought me out of that .
It has been a true blessing, because I also have MS and a couple of years after my husband & I got together, my MS got worse. In a months time, I went from having trouble walking, to arm crutches, to a wheelchair, I couldn't even bathe myself at one point. He fed me and bathed me and helped me get my strength back. I don't know where I'd be right now, if I hadn't met him. I was worried what he think of me because I couldn't walk any more or do the things I used to. He tells me, he doesn't even see my wheelchair when he look at me, that all he sees is me. I was really feeling insecure about still being attractive to him and being in a wheelchair and what he thought, and he told me, "when I look at you, the only thing I see is someone I owe my life too". One of a kind, he is. He is such a blessing.
The Lord works in mysterious ways, one never knows. I shutter to think about what would have happened and where I'd be right now, if I hadn't obeyed, and refused to help that man, because everything in me didn't want to. So many times I wanted to boot him out in the street because of his mouth, but I just kept thinking about how much Jesus suffered for me, and so I bit my lip and did it any way. What an Awesome God we serve!!†He turned it all around to bless me!!
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2007-05-23 20:20:15 · answer #1 · answered by cas1025 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it was the other way around in my case. I teetered between believing in God and believing in nothing all throughout my teenage years. Then, when I was sixteen, I went to Oxford for the summer and fell in love with this guy who was a Christian, and a lot of our conversations would lead to the topic of God. I think those conversations cemented my faith in many ways. Recently, I dated a Jewish guy from Israel, and I never attempted to convert him, or even talk to him about Christ. Some of my Christian friends have criticized me for that, and now I'm unsure what role I'm supposed to play when I'm in a relationship with someone of another faith. It feels unnatural for me to try to convert people, and I wonder if I'm a lesser Christian because of that.
2007-05-23 18:01:59 · answer #2 · answered by LeilaK 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it happens, but it's rare. Why? God wants to choose your mate. If you are trying to do so- the devil will send you the wrong one. Believe me - I was married to the wrong one for eleven years. When I gave up- the right one finally came. Now, I do believe through prayer God can change a mate. Hey, I prayed for dummy for years and years. Guess what? He now has changed, but he's not with me anymore. He seems to have changed with the new woman.Whatever, it works. It works for the benefit of the influence he has on my son.
2007-05-23 18:03:45 · answer #3 · answered by Tex 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband never gave much thought to God until he met me. I attended a Pentecostal Church of God,and I invited him along with me one Sunday,and he agreed to give it a try. After that,he continued attending church with me,and a year later we were married. Now,he still believes in God,but our Pastor told him that God has a calling on his life as a pastor or evangelist,and that is something he's not yet ready to take on. We were also told by our Pastor that God had put us together while we were in our mothers' wombs,and despite many,many hardships in our marriage,we have been married for almost 21 years now. God has blessed us with 2 beautiful children and an everlasting love for one another that cannot be denied.
2007-05-23 18:25:02 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, I don't know any real stories like that. However, I know a different one.
I knew a Christian girl, who met a Satanist, got married and now they are Buddhist. (Well, this was in L.A.) Now that's strange.
I'm not implying anything except that I found this interesting. Just had that on my mind and thought I'd share.
2007-05-23 18:00:29 · answer #5 · answered by pinacoladasundae 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Mom was a Christian when she married my Dad (he wasn't). After 43 years of marriage, he finally turned his life over to God. There have been may years of heartache for my Mom, but she says it's all been worth it.
2007-05-23 18:09:24 · answer #6 · answered by Sykopup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was angry with God for a long time because I was tricked into marrying a woman who claimed to be a Christian, but in fact was a CINO. But now I see that it was my own feelings which led me astray, despite God's warnings through several other means. NEVER trust your 'feelings'. They nearly destroyed me.
2007-05-23 18:01:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Me and my decessed wife were (and still are) christians.
She is my only wife and the only one God put me with.
Will God put me with another I can't say "never"(I learned about that).I'm not really looking but you never know about God.
Note:
My wife's greatest desire was to be with Jesus and she had some great faith.
2007-05-23 18:04:36 · answer #8 · answered by robert p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear Lord,I admit that I am a sinner,i confess that i have been living a life that wouldnt be pleasing to you.But today i repent of all these things and want to give my life to you.Lord I confess that Jesus Christ died on the cross for me.And I want to accept Him into my heart as my personal Lord and Saviour.Save me Lord I want to be your child.In Jesus Name I pray Amen. xSista.Sx
2016-04-01 05:19:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a christian, I married a man who had no belief in anything.
I don't think it was a god, but sheer coincidence. I didn't ask him and he didn't ask me and neither of us went to church...
Sorry.
Atheist
2007-05-23 17:56:18 · answer #10 · answered by Star 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of it a few times. Sometimes it's successful and sometimes it's not.
2007-05-23 17:56:15 · answer #11 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋