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The Hope In Me

I think it's critical to understand why we believe in Yashua, and put our hope and our trust in His work on the cross. If we have not experienced a relationship with Yashua, then how can we say that we know Him? To say that you have known Him, and yet you have never experienced Him, or spoken with Him, in some way or another, is like saying you know the woman across the street, whom you've never spoken too, and have never interacted with in any way.

1 Peter 3:15 (KJV) But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Without knowing Yashua, how can we possibly have an answer for every man, of the hope that is in us? Is that even possible?

In 2004, I was asking God about whether he wanted me to buy a home or not. At the time, I was in an apartment, paying quite a bit for rent. I figured I could reduce my costs, or at least keep them the same, if I moved into a small house. One day, I spoke to Him and asked Him when He was going to send my wife to me. I told Him straight out that I knew He had one for me, and I didn't really want to wait anymore. Instantly He spoke to me, and He told me that my wife would come to me, soon after I found a place. So, He answered two prayers when I was only asking one question at the time. So, I started looking for a place, and found a nice 76'x16' mobile home, and purchased it near the end of October of 2004.

When my wife and I got married, it was a little fast and furious. She used to live in San Antonio Texas. I was up in Northern Alberta, Canada. We met on some Christian internet forums. We discussed the bible quite a bit, as well as other things related to God, such as experiences and such. During the summer of 2005, she was coming up to Wisconsin for holidays, which is a lot closer to Canada. I told her that if she's coming up that far, she might as well keep on coming, and visit me. Of course, I was totally kidding, but she decided that she should.

We met on August 9th 2005, and we stayed at my parent's place for a week and a half or so. We were fairly sure that we wanted to get married. We both believed in biblical marriages, in the sense of arranged marriage. Nichole had made a very wise statement at that time. She mentioned that we can't pick our siblings, or our parents, but we make it work with them. If we can make it work with them, why can't we make it work with a spouse? I totally agreed, as I had already told the Lord (God) that I wanted an arranged marriage. However, Nichole wanted some time to think, so she went back to Wisconsin, only to come back up in less than a week. We were married on August 25th.

During this time I decided to trust the Lord, seeing He always bails me out in a supernatural kind of way. For one, He removed another woman from my life in just a couple of days. I didn't have any direct words from Him about marrying this stranger, who is now my wife. Probably because I was so caught up in emotion that it was difficult to hear. Or perhaps He just wanted me to trust Him again. My wife, my parents, and I, all felt amazing about it. So, we got married.

Well, marriage was great for the first, um, two days? Then we tried each other's patience just a little. After a couple of weeks, she went down to Texas to prepare her stuff to come up. She found out down there that she was pregnant. She called me, and it worried me a little. I got off the phone and started praying. I said, "Okay Lord, I'm a little worried now, what's going to come of this?". Instantly I heard Him say, "It was my plan for her to get pregnant! Having a child will draw you closer together.". And I'm like "NOOOO WAAAAAYYY!!!". So, I knew it was the voice of the Lord, only because my heart had been prepared to hear it over the years. But none the less, I still doubted a little now and then.

At one point in the pregnancy, my wife recalled a dream she had before we started discussing things about the Lord on the internet. In other words, we didn't really know each other at the time, other than reading each other's posts on the forums. Anyhow, in the dream she was wearing her military clothes. She was an intelligence officer in the US military. She was very uncomfortable, and had to take them off because they were too tight. She went into the change room, and took her clothes off. In the dream she had maternity clothes on, and was pregnant.

Well, as it were, she got out of the military officially on August 17th, and we were married on August 25th. So basically she got her military uniform off, and then was pregnant, thereby fulfilling the dream that the Lord had given her well over a year before. What an amazing confirmation of me hearing God's voice.

The point is, sometimes you don't receive confirmations of it being His voice, right away. Sometimes it can take nine months.

So, this is just one example of how God works in the lives of His children. The bible says that we choose our ways, and the Lord will direct our steps. (Disclaimer: That doesn't mean you can do whatever you want, when you want)

Proverbs 16:9 (KJV) A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.