Mawage Is Wat Bwings Us Tugetha Tuday

The perfect marriage is the perfect joke. It does not exist. The sooner one settles that the better. There are things I would love to get the opportunity to do different, better, or without. But if someone told you, that without those problems, you would not be the people you are together today, would you trade it? No, I wouldn't. Here is the beauty of God's work in a marriage. The rest of the world has to face the challenge (and it's there, in every couple) without the hope of beauty from ashes. We get to see God work for our benefit through our failings. Holding on to us long and steady, holding us together when perhaps our own emotional hands have let go and given up, we are carried to a new place. Each place has a vista, a vantage point, a room with a view. This place is a chance to look back and see the dark blend with the brilliant and become beautiful. It's inspiration to go on, but not only inspiration, it's expectant excitement. If he can do this, what more can he do?! The day to day humdrum threatens to overshadow the excitement but these vista's are important to remember the daily is only one part of the bigger picture. Left to ourselves, we would seek our own and be fatally disappointed with each other that the other is not seeking our own the way we would like. With Him we begin to understand the deeper joy of seeking the delight of sacrifice. Christ is like the Phoenix for the marriage, he makes it raise up and soar when you thought it was done forever. Do you believe in magic? The magic of infatuation seems pale in comparison to this magic. It brings to life again and again, through grace, the "had enough" human reaction. It pushes us beyond ourselves to find there is more beauty to be had. It shows us that our needs are met fully in Him so that we can only give to each other. We bring nothing to this table of marriage except our problems but he prepares a banquet for us through is Son, to partake and enjoy in purity and commitment. HE allows us to see that Love is not what we thought it was. It is not what comes naturally (and what does should not be called love, for love never dies) but supernaturally. It is the eyes that let us love as we have been loved, knowing full well we will never measure up but we are chosen for each other so our measurements are insufficient. When we fill we are not a fit, he reminds us that he says we are so there is a way through. On the other side, again, the vista, we look back and are overwhelmed.

So, all joking aside, marriage is what brings us together today as it did this day 13 years ago. Because marriage is a reflection of Christ and his church and what he holds will never be let go of. Emotions falter, sometimes even to the darkest of degrees, but Love is what we have been given to have for each other from a source outside of ourselves. I know that when we come to him, he is an endless source to carry on. How delighted I am to carry on with you! I look forward to the future, and I hope it's long, but either way I know it will be fulfilling. Imagine the vista way down the road. That is a treasure we share together that no one else on earth can see. It's between you, me and Him and I will never trade it for anything else.

Today is the day we celebrate the vista, the beautiful view, that is this journey thus far. Happy Anniversary to my deepest friend, my constant, and my journeyman.