A milestone fewer and fewer couples are reaching. I have to admit that when I got married 25 years ago at 23 I really had no idea what I was getting into. The seas were stormy for quite a few years, but we learned how to sail the boat together and I can say we've become a much more efficient crew sailing our way through both calm and stormy seas. Of all the wisdom God has instilled in me through the course of our marriage, the most apt has been the verse He gave me near my wedding date.
1 Peter 3 Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
Fear, meaning, forgetting Who is in control and trying to control things - and your husband- yourself. If I were Jewish I would say "Oy Vey!"
I didn't realize what a real treasure I got when I married my hubby. (Did I mention we run a pirate ship?) I wasted a lot of time trying to clean up the outside of the treasure chest that I didn't even look inside. Wow! Silver and gold mates!
Gotta go, the Captain is waiting for me to weigh anchor. Time to celebrate... FSA...
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