Donny and Monique met in College. They instantly fell in love and if their eyes could talk, words of pure adoration and awe would be heard for what they saw in each other.
Their wedding was a feast and for them everything came to a complete standstill on that day. People couldn’t stop talking about the love this modern-day Romeo and Juliet bore each other.
Soon, however, the honeymoon was over and 10 years later they blended into the common scene of married couples living in this world making a living, bringing up kids, making love now and then and then making a living once again.
Romeo and Juliet eventually became only Donny and Monique. Suddenly their married life seemed to have reached a dead end. They argued about every minor incident and they seriously considered whether they should rather separate or keep on living in misery.
“Jesus, how is it possible that this could happen to us?” Donny prayed. “Instead of happy memories I am remembering only the sad days of us hurting each other with vicious words of insult, blame and shame! Why are we doing this?”
“I know I still love her, Lord, but lately it feels I have been misled by my heart. Perhaps I don’t love her after all.”
Donny listened as the words of Jesus fell into his heart. “Donny, how have you become a child of God?”
“I accepted You as my Lord and Saviour, Lord Jesus, and you forgave me every bad thing I did. You wiped my slate clean.”
“I want you to do the same, Donny. Go to Monique and ask her to forgive you for every wrong and hurtful thing you caused her to suffer, but before you speak to her, before you even go to her, forgive her for everything she did to hurt you. Before you came to Me, I saw your heart and I forgave you all that you had done, otherwise I would not have listened to you and I love you too much for that.”
“Once you’ve done that, be re-united in your marriage but this time, be united with Me too. To be a Christian couple means more than separate prayers or occasionally going to church together. I always desire to be involved in your relationship on a daily basis.
“She loves you, Donny, even more than before the wedding. She was too proud to just forget about your mistakes and you were too stubborn to apologise, but I spoke to her too, she will forgive you now.”
She knows you’re not perfect but she still thinks you’re amazing. She is not perfect either, but with your hands in Mine, your marriage will be perfect.”
“Thank You, Jesus!”