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Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts
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Friday, December 16, 2011

33 YEARS

Thirty-three years and counting…As of tomorrow, that’s how long Jimmie and I will have been married. What does it mean?


33 years of fun
33 years of teasing
33 years of laughter 

33 years of family
33 years of time together
33 years of laughter 

33 years of loving each other
33 years of loving God
33 years of laughter

33 years of tenderness
33 years of sharing with each other
33 years of laughter 

33 years of holding hands
33 years of growing together
33 years of laughter 

33 years of sitting in dark rooms watching movies and not speaking
33 years of reciting favorite lines from movies
33 years of laughter 

33 years of walks on the beach
33 years of walks in the woods
33 years of laughter

33 years of walks in the park
33 years of walks in the dark
33 years of laughter 

33 years of walks around the block
33 years of walking with the Lord
33 years of laughter 

33 years of finding constellations
33 years of looking for satellites
33 years of wishing on shooting stars 

33 years of learning from each other
33 years of teaching each other
Did I mention 33 years of laughter?

Never enough years to spend with you, Jim.


PRAYER: Heavenly Father, thank you for arranging marriages and families. Please help marriages grow stronger over time and help us love you more. Amen.


WHAT ABOUT YOU? Got a special thank you to God for time spent with a special someone?

Monday, December 12, 2011

WEDDING COUNTDOWN - 18 days

As I have blogged in anticipation of baby girl’s wedding, I have tried to keep the focus on the joyful busyness of the planning and preparation.

The next 18 days will be filled with extra busyness with added excitement as Nicole finishes school and comes home for the holy days. There will be family Christmas celebration and birthdays and anniversaries.

Before that happens I want to pause and appreciate God’s hand on our family.

Our heavenly Father orchestrated Jim and my lives, brought us together in marriage and blessed us with children. He also placed Kyle in Nicole’s life nearly six years ago. Together they journeyed three states away to attend college together and made lives that were independent from family and dependent on each other. 

Today I praise God for His plan. When I find myself spending too much time referring to my lists of things to do, I pray that God will remind me that He is in charge—always has been and always will be.

God is our heavenly wedding planner.

PRAYER: Thank you, Father, for being in charge of everything. Please remind us that in the symphony that is our lives, you are the conductor, the leader, the orchestrator of all things. Amen.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? How do you remind yourself that God is in control?