Marriage is alive and well. The media may indicate otherwise, but I can challenge them.
Imagine a room filled with people:
- 19 couples married more than 25 years,
- 5 couples married over 30 years
- 2 couples married more than 50 years
- and one couple married 60+ years
Robert and I were in that room last weekend for a 25th wedding anniversary celebration.
Now – were all those couples free from struggles? Nope. Had all those marriages been a smooth ride? Doubtfully. Were there spouses in that room that had been annoyed with each other that day? Probably.
What remained as a truth was the celebration of years of dedication.
We were there to celebrate with one couple, but because that couple took the time to notice their guests, and outlined the above facts, we all could celebrate each other’s successes.
It felt good to clap and whoop and holler at the perseverance & tenacity – joys & excitements – of marriages.
Do you take the time to celebrate your success as a husband & wife?
Yes, I know… things aren’t perfect.
But all of us can count up the years – the days – we have been married. There have been good years – great days – awesome experiences. As husbands and wives we have been blessed in ways we sometimes ignore. We’ve encouraged each other, prayed for each other, supported and inspired each other.
Go ahead and
Celebrate!
Leave a comment with how many days you’ve been married.
We can clap, and whoop and holler for each other!
Come on…
I’ll start –
Robert and Lori have been married 10,351 days!
(For an easy way to calculate how many days you & your spouse have been married, go HERE.)
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What a wonderful experience you had with all those couples!
That works out to 785 years worth of experience! Donna and I have been married 9,167 days or over 792 million seconds…give or take a few seconds…we’ve actually been together 10,719 days…wow that is a long time…lol
Hurray! Awesome!
(insert applause here)
🙂
Thanks for the math, Peter!
My husband and i have been married 763 days!!! glory to God!!! I loved your article! That’s just beautiful!!! Just shows we cannot believe the media. As for me and my husband, we will continue to believe what God says 🙂
Congratulations Cassandra! Isn’t wonderful how God can be seen every day – happy you and your husband are believing God! Thanks for stopping in and commenting.
Thank you, Lori! Oh, absolutely! He is concerned about every detail of our lives and loves it when we trust Him 🙂 I enjoyed my visit and will return. Be blessed!
On Oct 22. Jim & Nelda will have been married 16,803 days, 2400 weeks, 46 years!
So awesome, Jim & Nelda. Wow. 46 years. I’m sure you have lots of pearls of wisdom to share…
That was so encouraging Lori, thanks! Our tally to date is: 9,219 days. It was fun to see all the different increment counts!
How great, Robyn!
4,219 days! Amen! Terrific post!
What a blessing – Glory to God! So thankful you dropped in, Water Bearer! Congratulations.