Standing by your man.

 Hello there dear friends.

How are you?

I hope that your well in this lock down.

Today is my dad's birthday, and his twin brother, they are both 65 years old.

Mum has her birthday 2 weeks after him so on the 9th of September.

Both of them, will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary this year.

I've been married to Andrei 7th months.

I've seen how my mum stood beside dad, I was there in the student years, but mum told me of the fun they had before the kids came along, and we came around, and they moved up to Hastings to try farming for a time.

We moved back down to Dunedin, in 1991.

Dad was an accountant in town, an auditor, at the beginning, Mum worked in fashion.

Together the flatted in Ross street, in Dunedin, playing scrabble together at night and making a quilt.

They became Christians a year later, relying on Jesus our lord, for direction in their marriage. they were praying since I was 3 to be married.

I became serious about praying for a marriage partner a year before I met Andrei, I was quietly, going about it. 

But it was on my parents mind to pray for a marriage partner, Jesus brought Andrei to me.

I can't do it alone, I need to rely on Christ cause we can't do it alone.

There was a point in time, when I wasn't listening to God I was listening to Andrei.

Jesus should be the 1st in every thing we do, while serving, while going about our day. in every waking moment seek the lord in every thing.

Seek the lord in everything we do, in and out of season.

Now if your not in a relationship, my friends, seek the lord, even if Andrei dies, which he will do,  or I go before him. We want each other to be set up for life, we recently have done our wills.

My dears can I say go to Christ with everything you do, serve him with all your heart.

Serve Jesus in your relationships in everything you do, serve Jesus first with everything, in your marriage.

Get down with Jesus, set aside time to go after him.

Maybe in this lock down we can get alone with Jesus, to pray and seek him with all our hearts.

And our husbands, yes to be ready in and out of season, and stand by them.

Lots of love 

Chloe