The past week has been a rough one. The stress of the upcoming trip and all the ups and downs of waiting for our embassy date has taken a toll on our marriage. This morning I decided to start my date with being grateful for the man God has given me. I took some time to rehearse all that we have been through in the past 24 years. Here is the list:
1.A 3 week courtship. Yes we were crazy and yes it is an act of God that we are still together:)
2. A long-distance engagement.
3. The death of my grandmother a week before our wedding.
4. Wedding (enough said)
5. Purchased a home
6. 6 month Mediterranean cruise
7. Pregnancy
8.Birth
9.Pregnancy
10. Birth
11.Several surgeries
12.Dive school
13. lots of dive jobs
14. near divorce. This happened a lot but we were in the process in 1994 until God intervened
15. Becoming Christ followers
16. Homeschooling
17. The death of my beloved Grandma
18. Move to Ohio
19. Unemployment
20. Job as a firefighter
21. Foster care
22. Paramedic school
23. adoption of Faith
24. putting our oldest daughter in public school
25. Starting our international adoption
26. Both of our older children moving out
27. Planning a trip to Africa
Add in a number of health problems, changing of churches, loss of friendships and I am amazed that at the end of it all, we love each more today than yesterday. Please enjoy this picture montage of us through the years. I am amazed once again by God's mercy and kindness to us through the years!
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Thanks for being so open. God bless you as He walks with you on this new and next journey!! Yes, He can move mountains.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome...praying that your upcoming trip to bring home Noah knits your hearts even tighter!
ReplyDeleteMonica, What a beautiful reminder of how God works in our lives.
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