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Everydayness with Evelyn RobertsCommitment for a LifetimeWhither thou goest, I willgo; and where thoulodgest, I will lodge: thypeople shall be my people,and thy God my God.—Ruth 1:16 KJVOral and Evelyn on their wedding day,December 25, 1938.by Evelyn RobertsIwas so glittery-eyed when Oraland I got married! To tell thetruth, I didn’t know muchabout the man I was marrying. Ionly knew that I was supposed tomarry him, because God had placedit in my heart two years earlierwhen we met at an old-fashionedcamp meeting in Sulphur,Oklahoma.After the first service I wrote inmy diary, “Tonight I met my futurehusband. He is tall and handsome. Hisname is Oral Roberts.” But not oncedid he ask me for a date during thatweek!We went our separate ways, andI took a teaching position in Texas.After two years we began writingto each other, and before long, Oraland his mother came to Texas on aweekend trip. We became engagedduring that visit and were marriedon Christmas Day, 1938, in a10-minute wedding ceremony thatbrought us together for eternity. To6J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 3
say that we didn’t know each othervery well would be an understatement.Coupled With GodEarly in his healing ministry, Oralconducted three-week crusades andwould be exhausted when he camehome. I would fix his favorite foodsand give him plenty of rest. I wantedhis time at home to be as “normal”as possible. But in reality, with ourbusy schedules and demands on ourtime, we were learning to livewithout needing each other to makelife complete.One night Oral said, “Evelyn,there’s something wrong. We’regrowing apart.”“Well, we love each other, butwe’re just so busy with normal life,”I replied.He said, “Evelyn, I don’t want usto have a ‘normal’ life. I want alwaysto be sweethearts.”That night we got down on ourknees and talked to God about ourmarriage and this problem. Soon wewere in one accord with the Lord.We felt as though we had just gottenmarried again, and we’ve nevergrown apart since. We are sweetheartsand always will be.Since that night, Oral and I haveoften had “prayer meetings” withthe Lord to harmonize our thinkingand planning. These are precioustimes when two people whose liveshave become one can also comeinto oneness with the heavenlyFather’s will. These moments havekept our marriage supremely happyand have helped us to synchronizethe job of living both a public andprivate life consistently andabundantly.Yes, throughout the years therehave been lonely hours when he wasaway, and our life together has takenmany turns. But I’ve always beenthankful to God that the commitmentI made to Oral Roberts and thecommitment he made to me 66 yearsago were for a lifetime of joytogether. YEverydayness is a tribute to Evelyn Roberts who wenthome to be with the Lord in 2005. Her husband, OralRoberts, went home to be with the Lord in 2009.If you would like to read more aboutOral and Evelyn’s life journey together,click here to order your copy of Evelyn’sbook, Whither Thou Goest.W W W. M A K E YO U R D AY C O U N T. C O M 7
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