Today you see various families. Some are high school sweet hearts that settled and had a family. Others are mixed in one way or another. Well the new chapter in my life looks like this...
I am 23 years old. I have married the love of my life but he is 15 years older than me. He does have a daughter from a previous marriage and she is 9 years old. I never imagined that my life would look like this picture. I imagined the "normal" life style. At first getting used to the idea that I was younger than him and he had a kid was no big deal. Then I started thinking who will I relate to? Will there be anyone my age in the same position as I? None of my friends had married anyone older than them nor had they married anyone that already had a child. God works in crazy ways. 4 months before I was married I met a girl named Nicolle. She married her husband in July 2011. She is a few years older than me but her husband is also a bit older, previously married and he has two kids. One that is currently living with them. The other lives with her mother. Then there is Anneke. She is a few years younger than I and just married her husband in Aug 2011. She married a man 10 years older than her who was divorced and had a kid. The best part is they both believe in God.
Sharing my feelings with the woman and being able to relate made me feel that I wasn't alone. I am able to ask what they are going through and vice versa. God is truly working in all of our lives, and becoming the woman He wants us to be so we can lead our new children by example. But not only that, being able to be the best Godly wife for our husbands. I know that things will not always be a smooth ride and children soon turn into teenagers but I know that if your life is devoted and pointed at the cross God will help get you through the tough times.
It is amazing the work I have been seeing lately in the lives around me. He is healer, He is a father, and He is a forgiver. I must praise Him for that. It is one thing to see it happen in your own life but when you have the blessing to see it front and center in a young girl’s life, or a best friend's life it is something a person can't explain. The best word that comes to mind is Miraculous. That is what He is. I am thankful that He has put the people in my life that I can relate to and dive into the gospel with.
