Key Words: certain Jew named Aquilla...with his wife Priscilla
This couple served God together. Now, how precious is that? Note the following verses. Acts 18:18, “And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquilla; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.” Acts 18:26, “And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquilla and Pricilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.” Romans 16:3, “Greet Priscilla and Aquilla my helpers in Christ Jesus.”
How wonderful it is to see sweethearts serving the Lord together.
Missionary Ken Board to Japan writes about his sweetheart’s last Sunday. “Watching videos of TV programs with my wife could be frustrating at times. Without saying a word she would suddenly get up and leave, so thinking that she was probably going to the bathroom or to the kitchen for a snack, I would pause the video and wait. I would wait several minutes, and when she didn’t return, I would go looking for her and find her asleep in bed. One night she did something she had never done before. We had just finished watching a program when I received a phone call. While I was talking on the phone, she got up out of her chair and headed for the bedroom, but just before she entered the room, she stopped and smiled and waved her hand. That moment has become a precious moment in my memory, for early the next morning she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and went home to be with the Lord.
“The next day I was looking through her Bible and I found two verses that she had written in her own hand. Inside the front cover of her Bible she had written, ‘Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart’ (Psalm 37:4). Inside the back cover of her Bible she had written, ‘Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life’ (Revelation 2:10).
“’Faithful’ – there is no more a fitting word to describe the life of Louise Board. To her children she was a faithful mother. To her husband she was a faithful wife. To her Lord she was a faithful servant and missionary. On the last Sunday of her life, she attended church in the morning and went out with the church members to distribute tracts and church flyers in the afternoon. Faithful!
“When people speak of us and our last Sunday on this earth, I wonder what they will say.”
What else could I possibly add?
What to do:
✞As sweethearts, serve God together. Never marry a sweetheart who does not have a servant’s heart. If you do, I promise it will not be “sweet.”
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