belated anniversary post
So yesterday was just another day to some. To others it was the celebration of a couragous leader who changed the face of a nation. To me, it was a celebration of a different sort. Two years ago yesterday, I was on my first date with Randy. It was an incredible date, and somehow, I knew I'd spend the rest of my life loving that man. Eighteen months after our first date, I wed that crazy man who took me on a date that transpired over 16 hours and 3 states. That was six months ago yesterday. Six months! In six months I've discovered just how much there is to learn about marriage, I've matured at least six years, and I've honestly been taught so much by God. Some of the most important things the Holy Spirit has taught me:
*I am not perfect. My husband is not perfect. Perfect couples only live on wedding cakes.
*Love is not enough. It's important, but at the end of the day, it is not enough to sustain a marriage.
*Grace must be given for grace to be recieved.
*I am not responsible for the words or actions of my husband, only my own. It does not matter how provoked I feel, I am still most in favor with God when I have "a gentle, quiet spirit"; I am "submiting respectfully"; and I follow the guidelines in 2 Corinthians 13.
*We have been poisoned by fairy tales. They all end at "happily ever after" because no one wants to watch the prince and princess go to work, get sick, have fights...be real people.
*Throw your unfounded expectations out the window. Talk about the founded ones. Don't nag.
*Men are not like women. Women are not like men. God made us that way, and he thinks it's perfect.
*I can not read anyone's thought's. I should not expect my husband to verbatum recite what I'm thinking.
*Marriage is a great mystery. I have learned so much about God through this relationship. That's the way its supposed to be.
*There is a time to be single. A time to marry. I'm glad I waited for God's timing. I would have pulled my hair out and messed the whole thing up if I had married a moment sooner.
*Sex is good. Sex is NOT the best thing about getting married.
God really has taught me alot. By the way, other people teach you alot too. Like the questions never stop. Before Randy and I got married, our friends and family always asked, "So when are you guys going to get married?" After we got married, I thought the questions were over, but at every Christmas outing we went to, Randy and I got asked at least once, "When are the kids coming?"
To that I say, NOT YET (if modern medicine has anything to do with it!) And I promise, when they do, I'll make a very excited post!
*I am not perfect. My husband is not perfect. Perfect couples only live on wedding cakes.
*Love is not enough. It's important, but at the end of the day, it is not enough to sustain a marriage.
*Grace must be given for grace to be recieved.
*I am not responsible for the words or actions of my husband, only my own. It does not matter how provoked I feel, I am still most in favor with God when I have "a gentle, quiet spirit"; I am "submiting respectfully"; and I follow the guidelines in 2 Corinthians 13.
*We have been poisoned by fairy tales. They all end at "happily ever after" because no one wants to watch the prince and princess go to work, get sick, have fights...be real people.
*Throw your unfounded expectations out the window. Talk about the founded ones. Don't nag.
*Men are not like women. Women are not like men. God made us that way, and he thinks it's perfect.
*I can not read anyone's thought's. I should not expect my husband to verbatum recite what I'm thinking.
*Marriage is a great mystery. I have learned so much about God through this relationship. That's the way its supposed to be.
*There is a time to be single. A time to marry. I'm glad I waited for God's timing. I would have pulled my hair out and messed the whole thing up if I had married a moment sooner.
*Sex is good. Sex is NOT the best thing about getting married.
God really has taught me alot. By the way, other people teach you alot too. Like the questions never stop. Before Randy and I got married, our friends and family always asked, "So when are you guys going to get married?" After we got married, I thought the questions were over, but at every Christmas outing we went to, Randy and I got asked at least once, "When are the kids coming?"
To that I say, NOT YET (if modern medicine has anything to do with it!) And I promise, when they do, I'll make a very excited post!