There Is Always A Right Time

While everybody is in awe of fireworks, busy in making noise, enjoying sumptuous food, and savoring fellowships as they welcome new year…someone was stilled to see a special name appeared in cell phone’s screen.  Unexpected call after 2 years of silence and tests…A call that sealed a beautiful relationship. 

Let me share to you how this love story began….

Dan wanted to go home. Dan dearly missed his family after working for some time in Manila as a call center agent. He asked permission to take vacation leave but it was disapproved. In his deep longing to be home, he took risk and resigned from his work. He barely know that coming home is God’s way to reveal unto him the woman he has been praying for after 30 years of being no girlfriend since birth. (:

On the other hand, Faith was excited to join the young people in their Christmas Institute in Mangagoy UMC. Vibrant and enthusiastic as she is, she came also to see the pacific through an overlooking panorama. Little did she know that the excitement was God’s way to uncover the painting of love He has crafted for her.

It was not soon though. Acquaintance Night was not their moment even they were mingling with other delegates – Until the next day when Faith intended to behold the beautiful scenery of the ocean. She was exclaiming of the beauty…He was outside the church, waiting. She sought for someone to answer her questions…He was just right in time and place. The queries about the Sea led to the shore of personal information. Hmmmm something fishy. (:

CI was over but not the encounter. Dan was not contented to just witness the shore, he wanted to take a dip and experience more. He traveled from Mangagoy to Tagum. A sweet smile. Yes, that very sweet smile moved his heart when they met again. The friendship was deepened. But Dan has to leave for Manila. Oceans apart yet still connected through Smart communications. Who says that presence is needed to fall in love? Despite the distance, the two has mutual feeling and agreed…but no commitment yet.

As Christians as they are, they practiced fasting. To test their loyalty to each other, they decided to have two years moment of silence. If this covenant is broken, there’ll be no more future commitments. Each prayed, asking God if they are for each other and both for the Lord. You can imagine how hard it was to suppress the emotions of longing..

And in 2009, New Year’s eve, the fasting has come to end. A ring on the phone was heard and they started the year right through a commitment. For Dan, the search was over. For Faith, a prayer was answered.  When God made Dan, He must have been thinking about Faith.

Love is patient. And those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. In His time, He made all things beautiful. Dan and Faith has finally committed in holy matrimony last January 1,2012. This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice   and be glad in it.
                                                    source: Ms. Faith