Surprised by God
I used to pray to the Lord that I would like to marry, among other things, a tall woman. Believe it or not. I said “tall woman”, I didn’t say “a woman taller than me”. Turns out that the woman I am married to is taller than me…and she likes wearing high heels. For some reason, I felt small for a while until I would think of two couples who had a similar situation. Actually it was far different from mine. These women in the pair I’ve picked were way taller than their husbands. then I started thinking that perhaps height has very little with successful marriage…however you define that.
Be careful what you pray for, you may get it. It’s in God’s nature to answer you more than you can ask, imagine or think (Ephesians 3:20).
You made your own bed, sleep in it.
I definitely knew that this is the woman I wanted to marry except for those high heels. Most of the times we had a date, you guessed it, she was in those heels. Even during our engagement ceremony and on our wedding day, she was in high heels. It was an interesting and sometimes painful journey especially when others would joke about the FACT.
There is more to our relationship than height and other things physical.
Hidden Lesson?
Perhaps this was allowed for me to keep humble and treat her well I don’t know. But these days the thought of her being taller than me is actually a joke we laugh about. Really really.
I certainly do not regret having met and married her.
Open Message
Message to my shorter than wife brothers: enjoy the woman God gave you. He certainly knew she would complement you.
Later,
