My wife and I host a small group through our church called "Couples With Toddlers". It has been an incredible blessing in our lives and it's been incredible to see how the other couples/families have grown over the past couple years.
As a way to introduce ourselves, my wife and I shared our testimonies (i.e. how God has worked in our lives) when we first started meeting in early 2007. It was quite a shock to a lot of the couples because my wife has had 2 abortions and I have struggled with pornography. This was not your average small group. We cut right to the heart and skipped past the facades and phoniness and wanting to keep our skeletons in the closet. God has taken our brokenness and pain and worked through it to heal us and make us usable by Him.
The bonding that we have experienced as couples and friends is unbelievable and rooted in knowing that we're all broken and in need of a Savior. There are no perfect people allowed in our church or our small group.
Fast forward to more recently... Our small group has grown so much we had to split once already and are on the verge of splitting again. Since we have so many new couples, we did another round of testimonies recently. You name it, someone in our group has done it. I won't get into details of sharing others' hurts and struggles in this setting but I can tell you we serve an amazing God. It's amazing to me how he has worked in the lives of all the couples in one way or another. Whether they came from a Christian background or the opposite of that. We have broken families and broken religions in our past as well as loving parents and Christian homes and everything in between.
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