The Wife of My Youth
Thirty-five years ago, on this date, I married my wife! We
vowed ourselves to each other, and by God's grace, we have kept that vow. We
said we would grow old together and guess what? We are there! At the time,
those that had been married twenty-five or more years seemed sooooooo old.
Somehow, it doesn't seem that way these days.
The threshold for old is always twenty years ahead of me.
The nest is empty now. Yet, I still rejoice in the wife of
my youth. She is my favorite person in
the entire world. There is no one I would rather spend my day with than
her. Prior to marriage, we did
everything together. We even went
grocery shopping together and we still do that.
We still work on projects together.
We trusted Jesus as our Savior together; we were baptized together and
have worked many ministries together through the years.
The observance of our anniversary hasn't been filled with
expensive stuff, trips or memorable experiences. However, we have always spent
them together. For example, one year we did some repainting on a step-van for a
linen company - together.
We still enjoy doing little "I love you's" in our
day-to-day lives. A candy bar,
cappuccino, or small item that we know they other would like. Nothing expensive, just a way to say, "I
am thinking of you."
She is the source fountain of happiness and rejoicing for my
life and I thank God for her.
"Let thy fountain
be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth." Proverbs 5:18
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