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:
- Hope Greater Than a Diamond Ring
- How I Met My Future Husband
- Trevor Declares His Undying Love . . . Sorta
- 3 Reasons I Said “Yes!” to Marrying Him
“He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.” So His merciful and miraculous leading is individual—“Thou (singular) shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee.” The temptation is great to imitate or to expect the same manner of guidance which God has given another. “What is that to Thee; follow thou Me.” His Word abounds in examples of His separate leading of His sheep.
(from the journal of Elisabeth Elliot, quoted in Devotedly by Valorie Elliot Shepard)