Marriage Blessings

thankful thinking day 8

I am thankful that God is in the details of our marriages. If we allow Him, He will cause wounds to be healed and bonds to flourish. One of our Groovies recently celebrated her 25th wedding anniversary and I want to share her words of praise.

"Many of you know that (we) are high school sweethearts. Many people said that we would not make it. We got married right away right out of high school with our first child on the way and on our way to college...Along this path, God got a hold of us and changed our lives for Him. He is the One who has enabled us over all these years to stay committed to one another, to compromise and make sacrifices for one another, and to keep Christ at the center of our lives...He fills our deepest needs and spurs us on to become all that He created us to be....We started out young and naive, but in love. Within that young love, somehow God was able to teach our hearts the commitment of true love....We want to thank God for not giving up on us through the tough times and for all the blessings He gives." (Kelley)

Lord, thank You for being a God of love. Thank You for getting in the middle of the messy details of our lives because we know that without Your presence, love becomes self-centered and shallow. And while we our love for our mates is not the perfect, unconditional love that You show for us, it is made all the sweeter and stronger by Your presence.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." (1 Corinthians 13)