Come and Listen

   One rainy evening a newly-wed husband drove down the road with his bride in silence.  The two of them exhausted, over-worked, underpaid, feeling down.  Just 6 months ago they were naive enough to believe that they would find meaningful work that would afford them what all newly-weds hope for: a life of their own with purpose and promise of greater things to come.  Now in the quiet moment of that car ride, the harsh realities of their first days had begun to weigh on them.  Retail and fast food were hardly the life they hoped for.  Several degrees and certifications among them, and still somehow, they couldn't even afford to fly the coup after their wedding.  In the quiet harshness of that moment, a song began to play.  

Come and listen, come to the water's edge, all you who know and fear the Lord. Come and listen, come to the water's edge all you who are thirsty, come. 

Let me tell you what He has done for me. Let me tell you what He has done for me, He has done for you, He has done for us.

The man's heart was uplifted and he cast a vision for him and his wife that one day, this song would be their story and they would share with all who would listen, what God has done for them.

That is our story.  The story of Jenny and Ben Braziel.  Come and listen.  Let me tell you what He has done for us.  God has worked miracles and blessed us tremendously since that gloomy night.  As we were driving home from our last meeting with our banker before we close on our brand new home, I was overwhelmed with how far God has taken us since that night.  We listened again to Come and Listen by David Crowder Band and this time we felt the reality of the vision that Ben had cast for us just a year and a half ago. We have since both been given wonderful jobs and have moved out on our own to Augusta, GA.  We will move into our brand new home in less than two weeks!

If you feel stuck and your circumstances have gotten the best of you.  I hope our story will be an encouragement to you, that even when things don't turn out just right at first, God is still on your side working out all the details.