In the fall of 2007, we wondered why, other than scholarships, our granddaughter, Catelyn, would choose a college in Texas. And, now we knew.
She spotted the popular, junior man, Luke Devlin, on the TCU campus, soon after arriving there. However, the policy of upper classmen not dating freshmen women on campus, was strictly adhered to by Luke. So, until the next summer, when Catelyn invited Luke to the wedding of our grandson and his bride, in Arkansas, the two were only good friends, who ran with the same group of people on campus.
She spotted the popular, junior man, Luke Devlin, on the TCU campus, soon after arriving there. However, the policy of upper classmen not dating freshmen women on campus, was strictly adhered to by Luke. So, until the next summer, when Catelyn invited Luke to the wedding of our grandson and his bride, in Arkansas, the two were only good friends, who ran with the same group of people on campus.
Now, two years after Luke's graduation and two weeks after Catelyn's , we were in Ft. Worth to witness the joining to these two TCU grads. It was a beautiful wedding. They wrote their own vows and pledged their love four years ago today, May 22, 2011, before many, many TCU friends, other friends and family.
While all of us were basking in the excitement of their wedding, thousands of people were in the path of one of the most devastating tornados to ever hit the United States. Beginning in Cherokee County, Ks. the line of storms made it's way into Joplin, Mo., killing and injuring hundreds of people.
As our little three car caravan headed north toward home, we could see lightening in the distance but never realized the intensity of the storms.
All marriages will eventually encounter storms; some devastating and others, small with little damage. It's how the couple face those storms that makes or breaks a marriage. Just as those in the face of stormy weather take cover, so should those in a marriage relationship take cover in the One who ordained marriage if they want to have a much better chance of survival.
We are thankful that Cate & Luke know Christ and have put their trust in Him for not only their lives, but their marriage. I pray that all our children and grandchildren who have pledged their lives to another will always remember when the storms come, the One who bound them together for life can protect them during those stormy times if they will allow God to be the third strand in their marriage.
"Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken." Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NET Bible)
While all of us were basking in the excitement of their wedding, thousands of people were in the path of one of the most devastating tornados to ever hit the United States. Beginning in Cherokee County, Ks. the line of storms made it's way into Joplin, Mo., killing and injuring hundreds of people.
As our little three car caravan headed north toward home, we could see lightening in the distance but never realized the intensity of the storms.
All marriages will eventually encounter storms; some devastating and others, small with little damage. It's how the couple face those storms that makes or breaks a marriage. Just as those in the face of stormy weather take cover, so should those in a marriage relationship take cover in the One who ordained marriage if they want to have a much better chance of survival.
We are thankful that Cate & Luke know Christ and have put their trust in Him for not only their lives, but their marriage. I pray that all our children and grandchildren who have pledged their lives to another will always remember when the storms come, the One who bound them together for life can protect them during those stormy times if they will allow God to be the third strand in their marriage.
"Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken." Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NET Bible)
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