Saturday, August 21, 2010

My son is getting married tomorrow to the love of his life

Here I sit at my computer late at night, way to late at night or perhaps I should early in the morning, I'm having a hard time shutting down my mind tonight. Tomorrow my precious Daniel son is getting married to the love of his life Sarah. I remember the day he was born, he was such a sweet little baby boy. We have so many stories to tell of him being such a busy, busy boy, so full of energy and life. I remember when I brought him home to homeschool him, I thought both him and I would never be close again, it was so hard and challenging to get him to listen to me and do what was told to him. But after much time and discipline and lots of love and prayers we began to really get along, I had to learn his learning style and he had to come to the fact that we were going to make this happen. Each and every night I would pray with him before he went to sleep, as I've done with all my children each night I would say to the Lord, "I pray that Daniel will grow up to be a mighty man of God, full of integrity, a man that will always serve you and love you." One day I realized that was exactly how Daniel had turned out, God had answered my prayers. I also remember praying that God would bring a precious young lady into his life that would Love God and love Daniel always, once again God has answered my prayers in bringing Sarah into his life. She is the perfect soul mate for him and I know that God is going to use them to bring glory to His name.

I remember shortly after Luke's accident Daniel went through a very deep depression, blaming himself for what happened to Luke, as we all did on the horrible day. I remember crying out to God to bring Daniel out of his depression and that God would show himself to Daniel in a new and mighty way. God is so faithful He not only brought Daniel out of his dark depression, but he also blessed him with a renewed sense of passion and desire to serve God with his whole heart, soul and might. Daniel and Sarah both amaze me with their strong desire to serve God and to HEAR God speak into their lives as they have chosen to begin their marriage serving and pleasing God first and foremost in their lives. In the Bible it talks about the enemy, which is satan coming to steal, kill and destroy and that is exactly what he tried to do to Daniel and our family, but I'm so excited to say that the rest of the scripture talks about God coming to bring life and life more abundantly and that exactly what He has done for Daniel and our family. Not only did he not destroy our family, but he was destroyed as we learned to lean on God in a whole new way.

I woke up this morning singing praises to Jesus, thanking Him for His mighty works and power in our lives. Thanking him for keeping Luke healthy, knowing in my heart that their will come a day when Luke will be healed, thanking him that tomorrow my son is getting married to the love of his life, thanking him for His abundant provisions in our lives, thanking Him for . . . . I've said it before and I will say it again and again, God is wanting you to come to Him with your impossible problems and prayer requests, He is waiting to answer your prayers, just call out to Him in faith believing and your prayers will be answered, He is a faithful God that loves you so much.

Please be praying today for sunshine Daniel and Sarah are getting married out doors at a beautiful park, also be praying that God will bless Daniel and Sarah with many, many wonderful years of marriage, and for Luke to stay healthy and for him to have a good day today as we will be spending the majority of the day outdoors. Thank you my dear friends and know that soon I will be posting some pictures of the wedding for all to see.

Love in Christ,
Daniel and Luke's Mommy Suzi

7 comments:

Tiffany said...

Thought of you many, many times today. I pray that the sun shone brightly, and that the SON showed up mightily during the wedding today. Your joyous praise has spoken deeply to my heart, and I am so thankful to call you friend and sister! May the Lord bless and keep Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Searles always!!

Blessings,

Tiffany

Tiffany said...

Thought of you many, many times today. I pray that the sun shone brightly, and that the SON showed up mightily during the wedding today. Your joyous praise has spoken deeply to my heart, and I am so thankful to call you friend and sister! May the Lord bless and keep Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Searles always!!

Blessings,

Tiffany

Michelle said...

Thanks for the beautiful note and encouragement about all our kids. I've prayed for mine all their life. I'd love to see my guys get married (ages 33 and almost 27). Someday....

Don't forget to post lots of pictures!

Michelle & girls

Sigrun said...

Wow!

kelly said...

What a beautiful tribute to your son!! Praying the Lord will continue to bless Daniel and Sarah in their marriage!

Anonymous said...

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Alison said...

I am a new visitor to your site. I am a mom of 4 and my eldest turns 18 tomorrow. My youngest is a very special little man who is 12. He was born with a neuro degenerative disease, but the exact name is still a mystery. He is an amazing blessing from God. Just wanted to say hi. We are in BC Canada.