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two kinds of hope

Paula Hendricks & Trevor Marsteller

We’d never even talked on the phone before—just written back and forth on Facebook for the past four months, but it was as comfortable as could be from the get-go. He was sitting at a table when I walked in—not holding a rose like in romance novels—but reading a book in true Trevor-fashion.

read their story at Paula Writes:

  1. Hope Greater Than a Diamond Ring
  2. How I Met My Future Husband
  3. Trevor Declares His Undying Love . . . Sorta
  4. 3 Reasons I Said “Yes!” to Marrying Him

Be careful that your efforts to “be prepared” for whenever God brings you into a courtship don’t leave you with a narrow view of how He will work.  Be careful not to construct a formula in your head as to how a courtship should look.  And above all, be careful to submit every aspect of future romantic relationships to our Father…including how you think they’ll look and play out.  Because as many courtship books remind us, God really does write the best love stories.

-Jessica Telian in "Real life isn't always like the courtship books"

More Love Stories

Love Without Limits: A Remarkable Story of True Love Conquering All Real-Life Romance: Inspiring Stories to Help You Believe in True Love A Cord of Three Strands: Three Centuries of Christian Love Letters This Life I Live: One Man’s Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever