Marston 'n Marcelle's Marriage
Marston looked at
the rising sun and saw
Another
challenge waiting to victimize!
Marcelle looked
at the same rising sun and saw
Another
blessing – oh praise Him who supplies!
Marston looked at
the mirror and there he saw
Miserable
weariness on the face of years!
Marcelle looked
in the same mirror and saw
Happy
tiredness on a face with no fears!
Marston looked at
the old horse and saw
Just another
drain upon their oft' meager supplies!
Marcelle looked at
the same old horse and saw
A faithful
laborer who never gave a surprise!
He looked at Her and She looked at Him
Each looked
at the other, and saw deep within
He saw the
peace that she held most dear
She saw
anger, bitterness, and much despair!
They both
spoke at the same time!
Both wanted
to be heard!
She said:
“You go first!”
He said:
“Don't be absurd!”
This, my
friends, is how it is
When
unequally yolked two partners be
She says:
“It is an 'A!'” He says: “Oh, you mean 'Z!'”
And so, Dear
Ones, they can never agree!
Darkness and
Light, Blackness and White
She means By
Faith, He means By Sight
She holds
her Bible dear, He won't ever come near
He won't go
to Bible Class, They are ever at an impasse!
For many
years, Marcelle faithfully prayed ... to God!
For many
years, Marston faithfully played ... the Fraud
Until one
fateful day not too long past
He came very
near to breathing his last!
And so it
was that perspectives aligned
She asked to
pray for him, and he ever so quickly replied:
"Dear
Wife, I am sorry for all that I've done and been!
Pray to your
Jesus! I need to be made clean!”
So after
years of pleading and praying for him
Marcelle prayed
to The Dear Lord, and asked Him to draw nigh
To her
beloved husband along life's journey e'er long
And thanked
the Almighty for His love so kind and true
For keeping
this Dear One so that he, too
Could be
welcomed into the Household of Faith
As he had
now forsaken what was his great disgrace!
“Oh clean
him, Lord bless him, as he walks the narrow way
And by Your
Grace, Father, we'll see You faith to Face!” **BJC**
