Judy and I have been married 12,775 days as of 6 PM CST today, December 5. I am tempted to list all 12,775 reasons why. I could, but you wouldn't read'em anyway. So I'll only list however many I think of for a few minutes:
1-Only with God's leading, even though we didn't and don't recognize it many times.
2-We didn't know there were alternatives to "makin' it"
3-Only through rough times has our marriage grown. Ever noticed how you don't grow in anything when things are going great?
4-When the kids came along, we adopted the committment: Who ever leaves the marriage first has to take the kids. Only joking, of course. Or were we??
5-We need each other tremendously. Our opposites bring balance to many situations. Not without sparks, but the end product is usually much more in line with God's will.
6-We both love Maui!
7-God has blessed our committment to raise our children as best we could to "be", not just "do" in their committment to follow Christ.
8-Our parents/grandparents were married over 215 years collectively; my dad said "don't mess it up"!
9-We both were and are committed to living within our means; even less a lot of the time. I believe God has blessed that practice...we have never argued over financial issues.
10-When we have taken our eyes off each other, God has kept His arms around us-thank you Lord!
11-Judy has kept her sense of humor for 35 years while dealing with me. Why shouldn't I be committed to her and her only if she can do that miracle??
12-It doesn't get easier, but it does get better every year.
I love you sweetheart!!
Dan
2 comments:
This is very sweet. I am very thankful for the two of you. Thank you for your commitmentto marriage and Christ's will for your lives. I love you both very much. Your list blows mine out of the water today!
very sweet indeed. I'm in awe of your words and speechless... but most of all grateful. Thank you. Judy
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