Today is our 34th wedding anniversary. It's been a peaceful day with Frank. We actually had time alone together. We went to Outback for lunch but got there and were informed they don't open until 4 PM. So we went to Chili's instead.
I can't believe the years that have gone by. They did go by fast. For all the joys and deep heartaches I wouldn't trade them for anything. Our past is what has made us what we are today as a couple. We've had some hit's and misses but we've stayed the course. The best thing to happen to us is that we have a life in Christ together. There's nothing like having your man love Jesus too. NOthing like seeing him worship the Lord. NOthing like seeing him with his glasses on studying the Word. Nothing like hearing him play praise songs on the guitar and letting me sing with him. Nothing like sharing spiritual things together and understanding what each other is talking about. Nothing like knowing that we'll each be in heaven someday at the Banquet of the Lamb sharing bread with our Savior.
Who knows how many more years we will have together here on earth. All I know is I want to spend them with him. I want to retire with him, do ministry together someday with him.
Want to close my days with him and the Lord by my side.
When Frank and I had some really bad days that I thought our marriage was over, God saw it through by His grace alone. It was only through Him that we are together. We tried to sing a song together at church when we recommited ourselves together and I couldn't get through it because I was crying too much. Frank had to finish the song alone by my side. It's by Bill & Gloria Gaither, "Something Beautiful."
"If there ever were dreams that were lofty and noble, they were mine...
something, something???
But my dreams turned to ashes, my castles all crumbled,
My fortune turned to loss,
So I wrapped them in the rags of my life
And I laid them at the cross.
Something beautiful, something good
All my confusion He understood
All I had to offer him were emptiness and strife
But he made something beautiful of my life.
This has been the theme song of our marriage and we still look at each other today and smile when we hear that song play. It's our song.
All we had to offer Christ in our marriage was ruble and ashes but God made something beautiful of our lives together.
So I relish today's 34th year with Frank. It's a great adventure.
Did I say I love him? :)
I can't believe the years that have gone by. They did go by fast. For all the joys and deep heartaches I wouldn't trade them for anything. Our past is what has made us what we are today as a couple. We've had some hit's and misses but we've stayed the course. The best thing to happen to us is that we have a life in Christ together. There's nothing like having your man love Jesus too. NOthing like seeing him worship the Lord. NOthing like seeing him with his glasses on studying the Word. Nothing like hearing him play praise songs on the guitar and letting me sing with him. Nothing like sharing spiritual things together and understanding what each other is talking about. Nothing like knowing that we'll each be in heaven someday at the Banquet of the Lamb sharing bread with our Savior.
Who knows how many more years we will have together here on earth. All I know is I want to spend them with him. I want to retire with him, do ministry together someday with him.
Want to close my days with him and the Lord by my side.
When Frank and I had some really bad days that I thought our marriage was over, God saw it through by His grace alone. It was only through Him that we are together. We tried to sing a song together at church when we recommited ourselves together and I couldn't get through it because I was crying too much. Frank had to finish the song alone by my side. It's by Bill & Gloria Gaither, "Something Beautiful."
"If there ever were dreams that were lofty and noble, they were mine...
something, something???
But my dreams turned to ashes, my castles all crumbled,
My fortune turned to loss,
So I wrapped them in the rags of my life
And I laid them at the cross.
Something beautiful, something good
All my confusion He understood
All I had to offer him were emptiness and strife
But he made something beautiful of my life.
This has been the theme song of our marriage and we still look at each other today and smile when we hear that song play. It's our song.
All we had to offer Christ in our marriage was ruble and ashes but God made something beautiful of our lives together.
So I relish today's 34th year with Frank. It's a great adventure.
Did I say I love him? :)
