Misty and I prayed from the time we were engaged to the time we were married that we would get pregnant on our wedding night and you are looking at the results.
This picture was taken on our one year anniversary at North Myrtle Beach, one of my favorite places in the world and what I consider my second home. I would love to someday have a home there and be able to spend a good deal of time, however all of the family would have to go with us.
The day after Misty and I were married we attended church at The Good Shepherd UMC in Charlotte NC, on our way to Charleston SC. It was a great service with many memorable moments but the most memorable was when the Pastor of the church brought a family forward for an infant baptism. The pastor opened his time with the following statement: So and so have brought their infant son forward this morning to present him to the Lord, just at Hannah dedicated her son Samuel to the Lord.
In the Bible in I Samuel 1: 1-28, there was a woman named Hanah who was childless but Hannah longed for a son and she prayed strongly that God would bless her with such a child and He did. Hannah dedicated her son Samuel to the Lord and he became the greatest Prophet of his time.
I looked at Misty and I said, It’s prophetic, you are pregnant and his name will be Samuel. We had decided before marriage that our first boy to be born would be named Samuel. It was the name I took in Hebrew class at Seminary.
All of our children and grandchildren are dedicated to the Lord and we pray everyday that they will choose to always walk with Him. We are blessed beyond measure.
Ronnie