Today marks our 24th wedding anniversary.
I am so thankful for the man God blessed my life with.
What a caring, protective, loving, hard-working,
thoughtful husband I've been blessed with.
When I look back at who we were when we married,
compared to who we are now,
we almost don't seem like the same two people.
So young, and so much to learn!
The daily in our lives, has a way of being an
excellent teacher for us, that along with
God's word, which has
faithfully guided us through the daily.
We had to laugh this weekend, when making
our plans for our celebration date.
We've become so practically minded, that we
almost ordered a pizza from one of our favorite places
and had planned to take it back home, and just spend the
evening at home together.
But as we drove through town, Mr. C decided we should
at least go out for pizza. And thankfully, one of his friends
from work had mentioned a new place that he thought
was REALLY good!
You see, I LOVE a fully loaded pizza, that is my all time
favorite treat. We've done all sorts of things to celebrate
our anniversary in the past, and this year, we decided to
just focus on what we like best, and not make a huge fuss
over how we were going to do things this year.
We have learned, we can have fun together no matter
what we do. Whether it's getting dressed up and dining at
one of the finest establishments in town, or if it's picking up
burgers and heading out for a drive, down one of our favorite
old gravel roads.
Just as long as we're together, that's what matters most.
And so our pizza dinner, ended up being more of an adventure
than what we thought it would be. We went to the place
his friend suggested and we loved it!
It just so happens the men who own and run the
newest pizza place in our area, are from none
other than Albania. They had Michael Buble'
and Frank Sinatra playing for dinner music,
nice touch,
and their heavy accents made us feel like we had
visited another country for our night out.
It was a lot of fun!
And the pizza was so delicious, perfect and very big!
(We had enough leftovers for Sunday lunch to share w/ our gals.)
Earlier that day, we had found a cake on sale at the
grocer's bakery, $3 for a chocolate, truffle cake,
and so we headed home, after dinner,
picked up a $1 movie from Redbox, (The King's Speech)
and devoured chocolate cake with caramel, truffle coffee.
It was the most perfect anniversary celebration for the two of us.
We have learned over the years, in whatsoever state we are in,
"[therewith] to be content".
"But godliness with contentment is great gain.
For we brought nothing into [this] world,
[and it is] certain we can carry nothing out.
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content."
1 Timothy 6:6-8
I believe, learning that important part of scripture,
and actually living it, has been a huge reason
why there is so much joy in our home.
When Christ is the place where your heart rests,
things are just things, and they do not really mean
very much in the grand scheme of it all.
Just concentrating on giving our best to one another
as husband and wife in our marriage,
plus, following God's wisdom in His word on
how we are to treat one another, has been a key
to the many happy years we've enjoyed with one another.
Anytime we've hit a bump in the road,
we've been quick to go back to God's word,
get ourselves back on track quickly,
and practice what we know when it
comes to the proper care for one another
in this marriage we've been blessed with.
Happy Anniversary my dear Mr. C!
I love you!
And I pray God blesses us in the future,
with more joy-filled years together!!!
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This husband of mine, he knows what I like!
Blessings to all of you, who work hard at
giving your best to your spouse,
in the blessed gift you've been given
in your marriage!!!
