God is the faithful one....can't say I wanted to stay, actually I  wanted 
some relief, and God sent it in His own time!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vinny Samarco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: 25th anniversary coming up soon


> Hi Rhonda,
> Thank you for sharing your joy with us, as we shared your sorrow.  May you 
> and Ben have a most beautiful and fullfilling time together..  You are a 
> testimony of the Lord's work and triumph.  If the enemy can destroy a 
> marriage, he destroys the visible type of Christ and his church.
> Vinny
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rhonda Partain" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 8:13 PM
> Subject: 25th anniversary coming up soon
>
>
>> Ben and I will cellebrate 25 years together on January 26th 2010. He 
>> asked me if I would like to renew our vows.  Here is a message I sent to 
>> our pastor when he replied to me that he would be honored to help us do 
>> just that.
>> I am sure some of you may remember the rough season Ben and I had about 8 
>> or so years ago.
>>
>> You can't possibly know how wonderful it is to have Ben want to renew our 
>> vows, to have him going to church with me, He said he would 
>> never.....ever go
>> to a church again!
>> I remember many nights crying myself to sleep asking God how in the world 
>> I could possibly reach Ben, he seemed to be growing more and more distant 
>> each
>> day. He had computer friends and didn't seem to need me. I remember 
>> telling God that He showed David how to fight the giant, he showed him 
>> which stones
>> to use. What was I to use? I felt God saying I should just love 
>> Ben.....not the answer I wanted. not an easy thing to do......what I 
>> wanted was permission
>> to leave my marriage. to just end it all, this was just too hard and 
>> certainly not what I had signed up for. But memories of my wedding vows 
>> came to mind,
>> for better or worse....this was worst all right.....words of being 
>> faithful, and true. I knew I had made a promise not just to Ben but to 
>> God as well.
>> If it had been a promise to Ben only I think I might  have more easily 
>> broken it, but then there was God right there in the middle of  all this 
>> anger,
>> hurt, and disappointment! I am sooo glad God wouldn't give me what I 
>> wanted, but insisted I stay!
>> I am truly blessed and as our 25th year together comes to an end I 
>> realize more and more how wonderful the love of God truly is! just as God 
>> directed David
>> in choosing the five  stones, so too He directed me in loving Ben when 
>> that was not what I wanted to do.
>> I couldn' understand why God would want me to stay in a situation where I 
>> was  so hurt, where angry words  criticised everything I did or 
>> said......why???
>> But God can see the future, and He knew if I would only stick it out, be 
>> strong through the rough patches I would have what I had prayed for  such 
>> a long
>> time for, a husband who loved me, who used his words to encourage and 
>> support me, who talked to me about everything, someone who held me close 
>> and made
>> me feel loved and secure.
>> Thank You  Father....for your love that is soo much greater than mine, 
>> for never giving up on your children, even when we have temper fits!
>> for showing me how to forgive and how to love again!
>> This is truly a beautiful picture of what your love can do.
>> I thank you for Ben, for his lovve, and that he stayed too when I wasn't 
>> the most aggreable to live with. We are so blessed to have a marriage of 
>> three!
>> Rhonda
>>
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