“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 with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Happy Anniversary to us! It’s been 14 years that have been truly blessed….although at times it didn’t always seem so. We have been through death, births, several apartments, 3 houses, financial highs and lows, starting new businesses, finishing college, I could go on, but you get the picture. We can look back on our life together at this point and say, “God is good…ALL the time”.
As many of you have experienced, life happens. Thanks to our sin nature we don’t always handle life as the above scripture commands. Even as I typed it out I was reminded of how easily I fall into being self-seeking which in turn leads to all of the behaviors that love is NOT. Yet, thanks to the example our Savior set, there is mercy and grace. I want to thank my husband for all the years of love, unconditional love that loves when it’s easy AND when it requires a bit of mercy and grace. Thank you honey for being a man of God who seeks to love his wife “as Christ loved the church”.
As life continues to take us for a ride I look forward to a lifetime of growing and learning together.
Happy Anniversary! Very well said.
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary, friends! We are blessed to have you in our lives. It is so uplifting to do life with people who love Jesus and love each other.
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary!
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