How God Restored Our Marriage Through His Word
Just a few months, we celebrated 30 years of marriage. That sentence alone feels like a miracle.
Welcome to the heart behind Bedroom and Bible — not just a podcast, but a testimony of redemption, restoration, and the transforming power of God’s Word.
This is our story.
Our Backstories with the Bible
April grew up in the Catholic church. Religion was important in her home. Sundays were for Mass. She was baptized and confirmed surrounded by Mary statues, rosaries, confessionals, and Jesus on the cross. But she doesn’t remember ever seeing or reading a Bible for herself.
John’s journey began in parochial grade school and high school. In religion classes, he remembers reading the Gospels — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — but not much beyond that.
In college and the early years of our marriage, Scripture wasn’t central to our lives. We were busy building careers and raising babies. Bible reading wasn’t a daily rhythm. And over time, our marriage began to unravel.
On the Brink of Divorce
Ten years into our marriage, we were on a sure path to divorce.
One day, April walked in and told John she was leaving.
John was desperate. Nothing he tried was working. At his wit’s end, he did the only thing he hadn’t fully done — he turned to God. He prayed. He cried. He began reading the Bible again. Quietly. Consistently. Without fanfare.
April had no idea.
At the same time, she was battling anxiety and depression. Our children were just four and seven years old. We were passing ships in the night — working constantly, disconnected emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
In her brokenness and need for attention, April sought connection in ways that did not include her husband. Shame and guilt wrapped tightly around her heart. The darkness felt suffocating. She believed the only solution was to disappear — to walk away from the marriage and even from motherhood.
Unlike John, she didn’t grab a Bible.
She grabbed cigarettes and alcohol to numb the pain.
Then tragedy struck.
April’s brother died from an overdose. Shortly after, her father — who battled bipolar disorder — took his own life. The weight of grief shattered everything. It shook her to the core. It forced questions. It began a search for truth.
And on a beach, in complete surrender, she encountered Jesus Christ.
She gave Him full access — not just as Savior, but as Lord. From that moment on, she wanted to know everything about the man she had surrendered to. She began reading what she now calls the “66 love letters” — the full Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
Meanwhile, God was working on John separately.
Before God restored our marriage, He restored us individually.
A Marriage Slowly Revitalized
Through counseling and deep heart work, our marriage began to breathe again. But something else was happening. As John dove deeper into Scripture, he realized what he was reading didn’t always align with what he had been taught in his earlier religious education. He asked questions. He searched. He studied more.
April was experiencing the same hunger.
In 2009, while reading 1 Kings 15 about Saul and Samuel, she sensed the Holy Spirit nudging her to homeschool our children.
John thought she was crazy.
He literally told her to “go back to Jesus” because he didn’t think she heard Him correctly.
But God confirmed it — not just to April, but to John. We were to homeschool.
In the fall of 2009, we stepped into uncharted waters. Our first assignment as a family?
Read the entire Bible together — cover to cover.
Two chapters a day. Genesis to Revelation. It took us two and a half years.
Reading the Bible in its entirety changed everything. The stories connected. The themes unfolded. The Old Testament revealed Jesus concealed; the New Testament revealed Jesus revealed. We saw one unified story — a love story — of God pursuing His people.
The 37-Day Bible Journey
Years later, as empty nesters, we were still reading Scripture — but individually and at different times.
Then April found a Bible reading plan on the YouVersion app called Shred, designed to guide readers through the Bible in 30 days.
Thirty days?!
John again thought she was crazy.
But God revealed something to him: there was plenty of time in the day — it was just being spent on television, news, and scrolling social media.
So we committed.
We woke up earlier. We used the audio Bible while getting ready for work. John came home for lunch, and we listened. We listened during dinner instead of turning on the TV. On a 10-hour vacation drive, we listened.
Three to four hours a day.
We didn’t finish in 30 days.
We finished in 37 — ending on April’s birthday.
The revelations were profound. Scripture began weaving together like a tapestry before our eyes. The joy we experienced reading and discussing God’s Word together was undeniable. We truly believe it brought joy to the Lord as well.
And it brought us closer — not just to God, but to each other.
Why We Created Bedroom and Bible
In a world filled with struggling marriages, we kept asking:
What if couples did this? What if husbands and wives read the Word together daily? What if families built their lives around the 66 love letters?
That question became the inspiration for Bedroom and Bible.
Our heart is to see:
Marriages transformed
Families reunited
Identities reclaimed
Shame and guilt broken
Religious barriers dismantled
Hearts awakened to a personal encounter with Jesus
We don’t want people to simply know God loves them intellectually. We want them to experience Him — personally, intimately — in the gardens of their own hearts.
What You Can Expect
In each episode, we read one chapter of Scripture aloud and allow the Holy Spirit to guide our conversation.
You’ll hear two perspectives — because we are opposites in almost every way.
April often sees deep spiritual symbolism and layered meaning. John often uncovers practical truths and connective threads across Scripture.
Both perspectives matter.
Our first book together is Hebrews — Living Faith. And we are inviting you into our living room, into our mornings, into our rhythm.
Not so you can copy us exactly. But so you can ask God what this could look like in your marriage.
Our Invitation to You
If God can restore a marriage that was moments from divorce… If He can redeem shame, betrayal, addiction, grief, and brokenness… If He can rebuild trust and intimacy from ashes…
He can do it for you.
We invite you to join us on this journey.
May your bedroom become a place of prayer. May your Bible become alive in your home. May your marriage build a legacy rooted in the Word of God.
With love,
John & April Foster
