Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; Genesis 24:67
I had nothing. Absolutely nothing but my two boys.
The man I’d loved, the father of my children, didn’t love me. I crumpled the glitter-coated valentine I’d found in a moving box and tossed it. This was not a road I’d travel again. Swiping tears, I dumped a box of cards and letters in the trash.
The boys were the only good that had come from that union and they were my life’s blood. I watched as the two toddlers played in the mound of packing paper . . . giggling . . . happy. They had no clue at three-years-old, our family had just crumbled.
I’d made up my mind in that moment my heart would never seek after love again. It just couldn’t take another hit. But God had other plans. He had Tim.
We met through a mutual friend. Both recently divorced, both with boys the same age, neither with any money…we found comfort in our friendship. As the year passed, the time we spent together skewed and our friendship turned to love. We had little, starting over and all.
But we had love.
Abraham laid a great burden on his servant to go to his homeland and find Isaac a wife. It wouldn’t be easy to find a woman willing to leave her family and travel the distance back to Abraham’s family, but he pleaded before God to lead him to the woman who would love Isaac. And God did just that.
Tim’s mom prayed for Tim to find happiness just as my mom prayed for me. They didn’t ask for us to have wealth…simply love. When we married, our parents were thrilled. They saw we had little but knew it didn’t matter. God had truly joined us.
I tried to get Tim to restate our vows on our 25th wedding anniversary. He laughed, kissed my forehead and said, “Twice was enough.” He was right. The broken vows of a first marriage, the cherished vows of a second—twice was enough. We’d taken each other, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. We’d taken each other.
God takes us into His arms and grants us wealth far beyond money. He grants us love and eternity. What a gift. Will you accept His wealth of love?
Cindy is the founder of Mountain Breeze Ministries and cofounder of Christian Devotions Ministries. Her devotions and articles are published weekly in several newspapers across the country. She cowrites the He Said, She Said devotions which publish in Common Ground Christian Newspaper. Cindy is the coauthor of He Said, She Said: A Devotional Guide to Cultivating a Life of Passion.
A member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, Cindy attended Johnson Bible College and graduated with a BA in Business from the University of Phoenix in 2008. She is a speaker who teaches and speaks frequently for ladies’ conferences, special events and writers conferences across the country and a contributing writer to CBN.com . Contact Cindy if you would like for her to speak to your church, club or group. You can visit Cindy at www.cindysproles.com