Today marks my parents 50th wedding anniversary and that is a lot of days. A lot of good times and bad times and mundane every day times. A lot of health and quite a bit of sickness. Some poor times, some rich times, but mostly just enough with a little left over times. Days of working hard and struggling through and days of fun and laughter. Day after day after day, no matter the circumstance, always, always together. Half a century of love.
The heritage that they have passed to me and my brother and my children is staggering. Fifty years of standing strong together, with never one doubt about it being any other way. They have taught us what faithfulness looks like, what true love is. True love is day after day after day after day being there for someone else, laying down your life for them and enjoying them. I have watched them have fun over the years...snowmobile trips, camp, Lancaster and I have seen them waiting for a doctor to come into the room while the other lies in a hopital bed. I have seen them go through hard things, but at the end of the day it was them together that always made me feel stable and secure even when things were not really stable. What a gift to give your family. Faithfulness and stability and the example of someone who truly enjoys their spouse. I am grateful.
I am certain that they could not have accomplished this longevity, had it not been for Jesus. Early on they found the Lord and as is their way, there was no looking back. He has been the absolute center of their life and therefore their marriage every since. Always, always they looked to him, leaned on him and enjoyed him. He has always been faithful to them, in good times and in hard times. I am beyond thankful for learning to lean on Jesus by seeing them do the same!
Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad. I love you so much! Thank you for loving each other every, single day. Thank you for enjoying each other. Thank you for loving the Lord so faithfully.
And by all means, keep holding hands and never stop kissing in the kitchen!
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