It was a simple message that started the adventure of a lifetime. She said hello... On our first date she told me that she would marry me and that same night, her best friend said the same. They were both right! Over the next month she saw in me the man she had longed for and a man that would direct her toward Christ. I saw in her a woman that manifested all that I had longed for in a partner in a ministry that God had placed in my charge. Together we would discover what it meant to have a loving marriage for His glory and our good.
The wedding was set for December 14th 2019 at Christ the King Church in Wilmington NC. I had asked only two weeks before and she said yes. We were so certain that this was God's will, two flawed and sinful people being brought together in marriage. We met at the courthouse to get our wedding licence and the register of deeds ask me what race I was. Me being one that doesn't like the stigma attached to race said; "All". Angela looked at me with a straight face as the register said to her; "Honey, it's forever."
We spent Friday the 13th decorating the church and preparing the tables for over a hundred guests. We sent out an invitation for people to bring food, we didn't even order a cake. It would be a potluck reception. We wanted our wedding to honor God, we wanted it to be a worship service. We had her pastor Brad, from Fuquay preaching, my pastor Rob from CTK, giving a message, my old mentor Christian giving a message and my retired pastor Dave doing the service. It was amazing and we had done all the right things. We waited to have sex, we even waited until we were engaged to kiss. We asked all the right people and read all the right books. She had been divorce for a year and it was almost 8 years for me, yet we both knew that this was God's will.
