Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos 3:3 KJV).

After the birth of our children, my desire to grow spiritually and raise our children to know and love the Savior grew. I longed to read the Bible and pray with Donn, but he seemed to have no interest in spiritual things. If I tried to talk to him about the Lord, I could sense him withdrawing. I had married Donn believing he was a Christian, but now the frightening thought came to me, “I wonder if he’s even saved.” I pushed the disturbing thought away.

One night eleven days after my baptism in the Holy Spirit, I was wrestling with some unanswered questions. I got up to go downstairs to pray. Realizing that I was gone, Donn came down to find me crying. When he asked what was wrong, I said tearfully, “Why can’t we ever pray together?”

With great passion, he said, “Ask me why! Ask me why we can’t pray together!” I stared at him, uncomprehending, as he went on, “It’s because I’m not a Christian!”

With tenderness that could only have come from God, I said softly, “Do you want to be?” That night Donn finally took the step he had wrestled with in silence for so long. He told me he had even bargained with God after our children’s birth, promising that he would become a Christian if God spared my life. Although Donn had not kept his part of the bargain at the time, now he surrendered his life to the Lover of our souls.

Shepherd of all the lost and wandering sheep, thank you that you never tire of seeking and saving the lost, regardless of where they might be. Amen.

(Devotional from Homespun Faith, Reflections from the Seasons of Life, copyright 2014 Daisy Beiler Townsend. Available as paperback or ebook: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Xulon Press. Locally at Fresh Grounds, M & M Grocery, Leanna’s Books, Penn Alps in Grantsville, Maryland, or from me 724-373-8445 or donaisy@neo.rr.com.)