Posted on 08/02/2020 6:12:27 AM PDT by Mrs. Warrior
We recently celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary. That morning we found that my dwarf bunny had scratched his way out of his pen and was gone. We searched all over, but could not find him. My husband told me how sorry he was for my loss. I told him that this was our special day, and that I had to put aside my grief and make this day be about sharing and reminiscing.
The next day he took me to a pet store and bought me two little girl dwarf lop bunnies. I got so choked up by his thoughtfulness.
After having a stroke, I have some physical handicaps. Every every night my husband will ask me what I want for dinner? Then he will make it for me, and do the dishes after. Because he takes such good care of me, when we read the Bible together he will share some deep insights and I listen and am blessed. When I share my thoughts he respects my input.
I am so grateful to God for creating the other half of my heart; He arranged for us to meet and brought about the circumstance for us to marry and be committed to each other through everything. We have gone through many hard times as a military family. Through it all we held on to our commitment to each other, and we kept believing and hoping in the goodness of God.
The other day our nine year old grand daughter was upset by some things and eventually she called for Papa. My husband took the time to listen and counsel her. It was his tender character that shone through and made him as a man so beautiful to me. Growing up in a home with no love, Jesus had a plan for me to find the man who would make my heart whole.
Post Script: My darling wife credits me for rescuing her from an abusive dysfunctional family setting as a young woman.
The truth is that it was I who was rescued.
Many years ago, my young sweetheart cared enough and shared the good news of Jesus Christ to me, that Almighty God loved me and forgave me because His Son, Jesus the Anointed One, already paid for my justification ( right standing) and imputed His Righteousness to me so that I can stand before my Creator without the sentence and separation of sin.
Have you found shelter in the Cleft of the Living Rock ( the Man Jesus Christ, God Almighty in human flesh)?
Manly Warrior.
Congratulations and God bless you both.
Congratulations!
Congratulations! You both have a precious, and rare, treasure. God bless you.
Congratulations to the both of you!
Such a precious testimony. Today us my 23rd anniversary and I feel exactly the same about my husband. He is a warrior for Christ.
Thank you for such an inspiring post. Little things like this lift us all :)
Congratulations on your remarkable story and achievements.
What a wonderful story!
It will be 30 wonderful years for us next month.
I recently lost my little pup after 10 years and it was devastating. Husband immediately got online to find me a new dog and I ended up with two, a rescue pup from the local shelter and a new pup that will be ready on the 14th. Helped to alleviate some of the sadness and I am grateful to my husband for doing this for me.
When she had a stroke a few years ago, it took a couple days for her to get it across that she was still there and getting words to match her thoughts was the real problem. We were blessed that the stroke didn't cause any obvious long-tern damage (she did stop drinking coffee because sometimes it makes her hands shake),and with some speech therapy and playing solitaire and other games on the computer, she was able to get coordination and speech back rather quickly.
Sometimes when she struggled with a word or phrase, I would grin at her and say, "Spit it out", as a tension reliever...she would laugh, knowing I loved her and that wouldn't change even if she never got it all back, and for some reason, the word or phrase would be resolved in short order.
Sometimes our blessings don't become clear until we endure hardships together.
“We recently celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary.”
Obviously, the honeymoon is almost over...ha ha.
As an aside... Do you go to weddings and then the receptions? (I know you mentioned a stroke, so I don’t know your physical capabilities.) Every DJ, at every reception I’ve been to in the last 20 years does the “countdown to the longest married couple” on the dance floor. All married couples gather on the dance floor. The DJ calls out “married 5 years or less, sit down”, “10 years or less, sit down”, and on thru the longer marriage times until they eliminate all except the last “longest married couple”.
At 38 years, you and your husband can remain on the dance floor quite a while. The wife and I aren’t the last (32 years here), but we stay up until the last several couples are there, and then we’re told to sit down.
It tickles me to go thru that process...really shows us the reality (and strength) of our marriage.
Congrats to you and your husband on your marriage and 38th anniversary!
My precious husband passed away one month after our 36th anniversary. It has been 7 years, and I still feel like half of me is gone. I miss his quiet strength — especially these days.
Just kidding. I’m sitting and having my coffee while I surf the internet and she is doing some cleaning around the house wearing only a thong. She is still as beautiful as the day I laid first glance upon her.
Happy Anniversary! You are both so very blessed to have each other.
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