Happy Anniversary Misty

Three years ago today, November 11th, 2006 Misty and I were married!

Some have heard the story but some have not. Misty and I talked a lot about what we wanted our marriage to be like and number one was that we wanted our relationship, our marriage to be honoring to God. Let me be the first to say that we don’t always agree on everything and sometimes we can’t seem to agree on anything, but we always work together to come to a God honoring conclusion. Our prayer still is that we will be an example to others in the way that we have chosen to live our lives. As for Misty and I and our household, we will serve the Lord!

Joshua 24:15

¹⁵ But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” (NIV)

We prayed also that we would be able to have a house full of children. It has been my dream for many years to have 10 of them. We actually prayed that we would conceive on our wedding day and we picked out a name for a boy, Samuel Gray Collins. Gray is after my dad and myself and our second birth child would be named after Misty’s dad, Wayne. (Judah Wayne Collins)

We were married on Saturday November 11th and on Sunday November 12th we went to church at The Church of The Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Charlotte North Carolina. That morning as we entered the sanctuary the worship was moving and the people were very welcoming. As the pastor came to the front that morning, Talbot Davis (pastor) announced that he was going to observe the sacrament of baptism and as he started to explain what was taking place, here is what he said. “As Hannah brought her son Samuel to the temple of the Lord to be dedicated to Him, this couple brings their child to be baptized.”

I looked at Misty and said, “It’s prophetic, you are pregnant, he is a little boy and his name will be Samuel Gray Collins. After a few weeks pregnancy tests showed that we were indeed pregnant. When Misty went to the first doctors appointment, we came away with a due date exactly 9 months from the date of our wedding. Some say its coincidence but we say it is God.

Samuel was born actually on August 5th a few days early. He is healthy and today he is 2 years and 3 months old. We now have 4 children. Michael who is 24 and has 2 children of his own, Christopher and Victoria, so we are grandparents. Kyle who is 11 years old, Samuel who is 2, and Judah who is 6 months old.

We are blessed beyond measure. We have received what we have asked form the Lord and we are grateful.

Misty, I love you with all of my heart. I love the way that you work with all of our children and the fact that none is more special than the other. Each is different but all are loved the same. I love who you are in Christ and the fact that God comes before even I do. I wouldn’t be married to anyone else and no one could compare to the woman of God that you are.

I look forward to the many more years that we pray to have together and the family that we have is so awesome. I am a blessed man to have the family that I have been blessed with.

I love you!

Ronnie