My Forever Love (Guests: Gregg & Shakela Matthews)

Dear Future Wifey

Laterras R. Whitfield

Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Education, Christianity, Society & Culture

5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Can love survive after decades apart? In episode #803, Laterras sits down with Shakela and Gregg Matthews to recount their remarkable love story. Facing divorces, infidelity, and a journey of forgiveness, this story will take you from their initial teenage romance through personal struggles, marriages to others, and eventual reunion. Kela and Gregg's union is a testimony of commitment, forgiveness, and the power of timing. This conversation offers deep insights into dealing with betrayal, the importance of emotional healing, and the resilience of true love.

[00:00:00 - 00:02:21] Intro

[00:02:22 - 00:14:55] Early romance and heartbreak

[00:14:56 - 00:20:33] The cost of a misunderstanding

[00:20:34 - 00:30:46] Reconnection attempts

[00:30:47 - 00:35:43] Gregg’s spiritual journey

[00:35:44 - 00:52:44] Facing infidelity

[00:52:45 - 00:59:38] The power of forgiveness

[00:59:39 - 01:04:11] Allowing yourself to be loved again

[01:04:12 - 01:08:42] Back together after 24 years

[01:08:43 - 01:11:25] Kela’s message for women

[01:11:26 - 01:13:16] Greg’s message for men

[01:11:26 - 01:14:52] Prayer for restoration

[01:14:53 - 01:16:57] Kela’s Book

[01:16:58 - 01:24:20] Impact on family and friends

[01:24:21 - 01:30:02] Closing segment

Key Quotes:

"It was 24 years before we got back together. When I saw him again, he had always been there." - Shakela Matthews

"I'm intentional about loving her because now I understand that I was able to be free in loving me." - Gregg Matthews

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It was 24 years before we got back together.
0:02.6	24 years.
0:04.0	24 to the day.
0:06.2	February 26, 2018 is when we got back together.
0:09.0	When I saw him again, he had always been there. And like I I said we went through two marriages here
0:15.1	two marriages there another relationship here that I was really praying myself
0:20.1	out of that relationship and getting counseling, receiving, asking God for confirmation.
0:27.5	I kept getting confirmation after confirmation after confirmation.
0:31.7	And then he sends me a text one day and just says ask how I'm
0:38.8	doing and just ask if he could pray with me and I was like what can you can you pray for me and the kids of
0:45.8	course you can and then it is history from now. God heard your prayer
0:50.4	absolutely. I aim to make emotional healing a global norm.
0:57.7	Through cultivating candid discussions about love, my parents got married and divorced to each other three times or you can look at it as they kept trying in the end of my father's life that's what he told me.
1:09.0	I aspire to men marriages.
1:11.0	I'm intentional about loving her because now I understand that, you know, I was able to be free
1:19.5	and loving me, then I can love her.
1:21.6	Reignite hope for singles, seeking future relationships.
1:25.4	How can you glory in being single and want a companion at the same time?
1:30.1	How can you not?
1:31.5	You're only going to be as successful as a wife as you were at a single?
1:35.4	And inspire men to lead their homes in accordance with biblical principles.
1:40.0	When I made my vows, I told God that I was going to take care of this gift.
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