Joined by God

About the Book

This is a fascinating true story of an extraordinary "Taboo" love. It explores the intricacies of relationships in the astonishing search for a Christian spouse. This book is about two lonely and hurting people from different races and cultures who through prayer found each other when the probability of them even meeting was very low. I was born and raised in New York City and also lived in Los Angeles. On the other hand, David was born and raised in Locust Grove, Oklahoma and has never ventured far from home and never travelled. But we both turned to prayer to help us through crisis in our lives. After a number of disastrous personal relationships we, unbeknownst to either of us at the time, asked God to send the "Right Mate" regardless of race. Life is not by happenstance; God orchestrates life. If we take a moment to pause and allow the hand of God to move, you will see the intricate outcome unfold right before you. But because of the rush for personal satisfaction and intimacy, we are entrapped in the web with no forward movement. We invite you the reader, into our private lives for the purpose of sharing our struggles, our tears, and ultimately our happiness with us. We will continue to depend on our RFG (Refuge, Fortress and God).

Hello David and Elizabeth,

My name is Malinda Lebrun and I am from New Jersey. I just finished reading your book "Joined by God" and it was AMAZING. It touched me and gave me more hope that God can deliver whenever, however and whichever He wants. I am a 34 year old woman who has a 4 year old daughter (soon to be 5 in December). I recently got divorced and have been praying that God will send me my "Boaz". My ex-husband left my daughter and I when my daughter was just 2 years of age. I came home from work one day and he and his stuff were gone. We got married in 2008 and from 2008-2010 I dealt with him cheating on me multiple times, coming home at 3, 4, 5 o'clock in the morning, not wanting to work, not wanting to go to school, spending all of my money going to clubs and parties almost every weekend, drinking and to top it off he was not a christian. And one day he just picked up and left. From the time I met him he was not a christian but I wanted to be married so bad and wanted to have this perfect life and so I did things my own way even though I knew that God does not want us unequally yoked. I am a christian and have been all my life but I still found myself doing things in my own terms and getting married to this man was one of those things. Now, I have to admit that I did my share of mistakes to. At one point I got so tired of him cheating on me and felt so lonely and messed up and ended up being with someone else who intern was married. My life was going down the drain the more I was with this other married man and I knew nothing good would come out of it. Sure enough after about a year I ended with the other married man and went right back to God asking Him to please send my husband back home to me cause I did not want to be alone anymore even though my husband was doing all these things to me. I remained in prayer and finally I decided to get a divorce from my ex-husband because he was getting into trouble with the Law. He also started owing money to all these different credit card companies and they started to dip into the bank accounts that had his name on it to get their money back. I did not want that to affect my daughter and I so I decided to finally get a divorce after being separated from this man for almost 3 years. I soon realized to that God has bigger plans for me and my daughter and those plans do not involve my ex-husband. In order for those plans to come through I had to really let go of my ex-husband and really devote my life completely to God. I have decided to devote my life completely and have decided to remain celibate until God blesses me with the "right one". I have been pra

About the Author

Elizabeth Strong has been a registered nurse for over 35 years. She holds a BSN degree in Nursing and a MPA in Public Administration. She understands the value of consistent fervent prayer and believes in the divine hand of God to be in everyday practical living events and personal decision-making. Elizabeth is happily married to David. Th ey presently live in Sperry, Oklahoma.