I submit to you is an excerpt from the book entitled For the Love of God, A collection of praise and worship poems by Mayfield Mayfield, The Prophetic Scribe
THE STORY BEHIND THE POEM:
This poem was written prophetically before I ever met my husband. The Lord was preparing me to be submissive. It described him (down to his hazel eyes). We married within 3 months of meeting (online) on my 50th birthday (the year of Jubilee) in 2010. He proposed the first time we met face to face, as the Lord prepared me he would do.
THE PROPHECIES:
Before we got married, we received two prophetic confirmations through my pastor. The first came from a sermon about the Marriage in the Garden of Eden (Genesis).
After Franklin proposed, we went to church together to meet my pastor and church family. When I showed my pastor the engagement ring, he asked us to sit near the front until he called us up. When he did, he asked my husband to propose again as an illustration of the marriage between the bride and groom. Many still remember that moment, believing it was spontaneous. The pastor later confided to us that he hadn’t known who he would choose for his demonstration until we walked into the church that day.
The second sermon occurred after we were married. It was about the Marriage Supper of the Lamb (Revelation). Interestingly, we had two marriage ceremonies: first in a private ceremony at Eden Park, OH, and later at my husband’s church at Solid Rock Church – South in Ohio. Then, we moved to Atlanta, where we built our home and lived for six years. These confirmations caused my husband to declare, “This is our pastor. This is definitely home.”
