The God of the Galaxies Pursues You

I was 24 when I met my husband in a Bible study group. I had no designs on him because I thought he was dating a gal he worked with. But I did strike up a conversation one evening to ask about his volunteer work at a local Christian coffee house—thinking it might be a nice place to meet Christian guys :).

As it turned out, David’s coworker was just a friend, and he had been asking the Lord to bring a special someone into his life. He took my questions as a possible sign and asked if I’d want to come to the next volunteer meeting with him. 

After the meeting, we walked around a city park and talked and talked. When he took me home, we walked around a park across the street and talked some more. And then he kissed me. As he did, I prayed, “Lord, this feels right. If it isn’t, please let me know.”

My prayer shocked me. As did my reaction a few months later when Dave brought up marriage. I considered marriage a sacred, lifelong commitment and always thought I’d want to date a guy for years before getting serious.

Although my heart was open, I wanted to be pursued. So when Dave asked if I ever thought about marriage, I just said, “I’ve thought about it some.” When he asked what I’d thought about it, I said, “I’ve thought it might be nice with the right person at the right time.”

Finally, he said, “What would you think about marrying me?” After a discussion about children, I admitted I was interested. A few months later, he gave me a ring. Having a handsome, gifted, God-fearing man want to marry me was life-changing. I knew I was special.

Knowing the God of the galaxies pursues us because He wants an intimate relationship of mutual love and joy should radically change how we see ourselves. How can we ever doubt our self-worth or stress over what people think of us when a perfectly holy, all-knowing, and all-powerful Being loves us so?