November 1, 2009

• {Celebrating #13}

   
  

  It was thirteen years ago today, on a Friday, at just about 6 something in the evening my name forever changed…
  
  and along with it~ my life.

  
  
  What a life it’s been!
  
  Certainly far from perfect~
  but one I wouldn’t trade for anything in this world.
  
  Here’s some things I’ve learned along the way..
  grow more grateful for everyday..
  and just plain downright love.

  

  
   
  
  

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  13 Things I love about my Husband~

  1. his humor
  2. his practicality
  3. his easy going manner
  4. his positive outlook
  5. his hands
  6. his touch
  7. his smell
  8. his kindness
  9. his prayers
  10. his smartness
  11. his fathering
  12. his friendship
  13. his tenderness

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  13 Things I Love About My Marriage~

  1. raising a family together
  2. learning together
  3. hanging out together
  4. being silent together
  5. praying together
  6. making love together
  7. figuring life out together
  8. being ourselves together
  9. laughing together
  10. looking to God together
  11. growing up together
  12. growing old together
  13. all the togetherness of it.

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  13 Things I’ve Learned About Marriage from My Marriage~

  1. That I don’t know as much as I thought I knew about marriage before I was married.
  2. That men aren’t women and we shouldn’t expect them to act like one.
  3. That, “I was wrong. Will you forgive me?” holds some powerful healing.
  4. That there is absolutely no room for selfishness in a marriage.
  5. That the instant I begin to think of “me first” is the instant my marriage begins to weaken -  I guess Proverbs 13 :10 is right!
  6. That communicating is vital.
  7. That communicating does not mean I do all the talking.
  8. That the times it seems we’re from different planets are the times to remember every planet is needed!
  9. That kissing and often does wonders.
  10. That we need to nurture our friendship as well as our love.
  11. That praise is crucial.
  12. That our marriage is worth the fight.
  13. That it’s a fight we cannot fight alone –
                                                               that we so need Christ!. 

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  Shayne is preaching at our church today.. which I can’t remember the last time he did. But it seems fitting that it’s today, of all days that he does. Brings back so many memories of those first months of marriage… sitting in a little senior center building in Northern Ontario… surrounded by a congregation that probably thought I was as strange and different as I thought they were. There were times of loneliness and homesickness and tears during those days… but somehow I really didn’t mind. There in the first row, 2nd chair in.. week after week.. I was reminded over and over why I had said “yes.” Moved 900 miles from family and country and everything I had ever known.. it was all for the guy up front!

  And though these thirteen years have held things I never would have expected or chosen… one things for certain…

  I’d do it all again! In a heartbeat.

    

   

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