Marriage

Marriage 50^th

" A wife of noble character who can find?

She is worth far more than rubies.

Her husband has full confidence in her

and lacks nothing of value."

(Proverbs 31:10,11 )

Tomorrow, July 28, 2018, June and I will celebrate our 50^th wedding anniversary. We were married on her 30^th birthday. She has been a blessing to me and I often refer to her as being the light at the end of my tunnel. She helped escort me from my dark period of the 60’s into something better- that seems to be still growing. Fifty years is a long time and it was not all romance and happy times. There was alcohol treatment, recovery, career moves and stress, the challenges of raising four children and just living with Bob who does not always make sense!

           I often discuss the many wonderful benefits of a good marriage: the great mutual support, the care when illness arrives, the mutual celebrations of the many events that occur. Yes, marriage is truly a great institution when things are well and blessed by God.

Thought for Today: Today let’s keep it simple and enjoy our significant other and those others around us.

Prayer for the Week: Heavenly Father, today we give thanks for the people that you have placed close to us in our lives. We pray that as this week progresses, we can share our love with friends, family and others who we meet. 

Amen

Marriage Again

Many times it has been stated that marriage is the world’s toughest job. Let me quote from The Mystery of Marriage by Mike Mason.

            “Marriage, even under the best of circumstances, is a crises; one of the major crises

of life. It is a dangerous thing not to be aware of this. Whether it turns out to be a healthy,

challenging and constructive crises or a disastrous nightmare depends largely upon how willing

the partners are to be changed, how malleable they are."

            "Crises" seems a bit extreme to me, but certainly marriage is a great opportunity for the

fulfillment of life and it certainly is not without its "opportunities" for either success or failure. A marriage blessed by God, one in which the partners have allowed God's love to grow in their

relationship is one of the world’s greatest experiences.

June and I have been blessed.