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| June 12, 1998 - Rehearsal Dinner |
131, 424 hours shared.
What did these two kids know 15 years ago? Looking back I would have to say...not much. They knew they shared a love that was deep and true. Their heads knew that it wouldn't always be easy...their hearts were committed to making it work. Everyone said there would good days and bad. But in the end, love would conquer all. Isn't that how every good love story is supposed to end?
I'll go ahead and say this isn't the end of their story. These young kids are still writing their love story. I can honestly say that the kids in this picture are still in love and walking through life together. They are still happy to see each other at the end of the day. When it's time to leave for work, they still hug and say "I love you". When he looks at her there is still a twinkle in his eye. She still feels safe when he's around.
But it's still been 5, 474 days since this picture was taken. In all that time, there are a few things that have been picked up a long the way. There are more wrinkles, gray hair and few extra pounds. They share car payments, house payment, and bills. The piles of laundry seem to grow faster than they can put it all away. They shuffle kids to baseball and soccer. Homework gets done and dinner is shared around the table.
When these kids said "I do" there were certainly a few things they didn't know. Sometimes ignorance is bliss...and a blessing. They couldn't know the challenges and pain that come from infertility. Who would have thought that God would choose adoption as a His means of bringing them their children? They couldn't really understand how truly fragile marriage can be and that it takes intense work? However, they also didn't know that with the work that goes into the marriage comes overwhelming joy. They didn't know that the love they felt for each other on their wedding day was only a sliver of the love they would feel 15 years later.
They also didn't know how powerful and healing God's Word would be in their lives. When they stood together and vowed to love, honor and cherish each other, they didn't know how many times that commitment would be challenged. Their commitment to each other would have to bathed daily in God's Word. They would have to stand on His promises and claim them with every ounce of their being. And when they experienced the victories, they would stand together with hands raised to heaven and praise The One who carried them through.
To these kids I would say...blessings on sharing 5, 474 days together. Continue to love deeply, share honestly and laugh often. Hold hands every chance you get. Pray without ceasing for each other. Dream with each other about the future. Then take those dreams to the Father and then wait with joyful expectation to see how He moves.
5, 474 days and counting...
But it's still been 5, 474 days since this picture was taken. In all that time, there are a few things that have been picked up a long the way. There are more wrinkles, gray hair and few extra pounds. They share car payments, house payment, and bills. The piles of laundry seem to grow faster than they can put it all away. They shuffle kids to baseball and soccer. Homework gets done and dinner is shared around the table.
When these kids said "I do" there were certainly a few things they didn't know. Sometimes ignorance is bliss...and a blessing. They couldn't know the challenges and pain that come from infertility. Who would have thought that God would choose adoption as a His means of bringing them their children? They couldn't really understand how truly fragile marriage can be and that it takes intense work? However, they also didn't know that with the work that goes into the marriage comes overwhelming joy. They didn't know that the love they felt for each other on their wedding day was only a sliver of the love they would feel 15 years later.
They also didn't know how powerful and healing God's Word would be in their lives. When they stood together and vowed to love, honor and cherish each other, they didn't know how many times that commitment would be challenged. Their commitment to each other would have to bathed daily in God's Word. They would have to stand on His promises and claim them with every ounce of their being. And when they experienced the victories, they would stand together with hands raised to heaven and praise The One who carried them through.
To these kids I would say...blessings on sharing 5, 474 days together. Continue to love deeply, share honestly and laugh often. Hold hands every chance you get. Pray without ceasing for each other. Dream with each other about the future. Then take those dreams to the Father and then wait with joyful expectation to see how He moves.
5, 474 days and counting...
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