More Than I Asked For

When I was still single and praying for my future spouse, I asked God to help me find someone who even after I get married to him will still let me do many or all of the things I do for God like going to daily Masses, attending prayer meetings, going to Bible studies, serving God using my time, talent and treasure and many more.

God assured me that He will help me find that someone. 

I believed in God's promise and took His word.

I'm so glad I did because God's word did not return to Him empty! God fulfilled His promise to me and even exceeded my expectations.

Now, I'm already married and I'm still able to do almost all of the things that I used to do for God when I was still single. There were things that I'm not able to do as often or spend as much time doing as I used to do, but it's not my husband's fault.

It's simply one of the realities and challenges that I needed to face as a mother of young children. I simply do not have a lot of time for personal prayer like I used to have when I was still single.

I'm so glad and thankful to God that while I had plenty of time in my hands and while I was not so busy fulfilling many responsibilities like what I have now, I got to spend a lot of time with God when I was still single.

I'm so blessed because God gave me a husband who does not only allow me to practice my faith in the same ways that I used to do when I was still single, but he also helps me in my ministries. He helps me and enables me to say yes to God's calls to me and His assignments.

This February, my husband did not only approve of me doing a podcast for God. He even studied podcasting with me and for me. He is also helping me with the technical aspects of it. He has been learning this new thing with me since Christmas. He has spent many hours and many nights losing sleep learning about podcasts and working on the post-production of my podcast episodes.

We launched my podcast (Follow God with Teresa Podcast) last Valentine's Day with the first two episodes. That was my husband's Valentine's Day gift to me. 

Then, the third episode went live on the first Sunday of Lent and the fourth episode, today, the second Sunday of Lent.

I would not be able to accomplish these things and make my podcast available on my website and on platforms like Spotify, Google and Apple Podcasts if my husband did not help me. In fact, he has been doing more work on this project than me because, I realized, that there are a lot of technical things to do to produce an episode. 

When God promised to give me a helpmate, He was indeed serious. Now, I am experiencing the truth of His promise. Now, I'm seeing it and experiencing His word in the flesh through my husband who has been helping me in so many things.

Prior to this podcast, he has been helping by building my websites and blogs and by providing for our family so I do not need to be a breadwinner or so that I do not need to work full-time.

His support is one of the big reasons why I am able to do all that I'm able to do now.

So, on this last day of the Love Month, I'm writing this blog post to honor my husband and to thank him for being the wind beneath my wings, the man behind the scenes, who like Saint Joseph, was a man of few words but has contributed a lot through his actions.

Celebrating our achievement of launching my podcast on Valentine's Day! =)

Thank you so much, Sweetheart, for your great love and many sacrifices! I love you!

If you want to grow closer to God and improve your relationship with Him while waiting for your future bridegroom or even as you live out your life as a married woman, I invite you to follow my podcast Follow God with Teresa. You can listen to it on my website, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Take your pick! 

I hope to inspire and help more people through this podcast to love God more and to follow Him.