Marriage (Is a Lifelong Unfolding)

It's really hard to believe that it's ten years!Happy 10th Anniversary! May God bless you with many more happy, faithful years of marriage! 10 years later...(photo credit to a photographer in Nova Scotia) Everyone who is married knows that although wedding celebrations and congratulations are very special, Anniversary congratulations are ever-the-more so, having experienced, by the grace of God what it takes to fulfill marriage vows,(especially as parenting-challenges are added🙏💝😍) Marriage is a lifelong learning about highs and lows of loveA lifetime of no returning to a world of ‘I’ and ‘me’From the moment vows are spoken and recorded up aboveOnly by death’s parting broken, marriage is a life of ‘we’ Marriage, is God’s holy knitting together of two to oneA lifetime of recommitting to be each other’s best friendFor this is no small endeavor, on a Wedding Day begunBecause marriage is forever; love, a student to the end Marriage is full of surprises; 'no dreamer’s dream long intactLove’s politest of disguises soon faces realityTesting Best of expectation with age-old matters of factTeaching stubborn indignation lessons in humility Marriage is a bit like weather, some days full of smiles, sun-warmLaughter finesses the tether that feels far too fine to breakBut some days are dark with thunder, some days love must brave a stormSome days love may dare to wonder if marriage was a mistake But what God has joined together, by His grace He will sustainDay by day, just like the weather, marriage weathers highs and lowsAs love learns to say ‘I’m sorry’, faithful through both sun and rainGod is unfolding the glory of a very priceless Rose © Janet Martin Mark 10:9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”