75 + Years!

Yesterday morning, I was watching the Today show whilst eating my cereal before heading out the door. I had turned on the T.V. just in time to see the birthday wishes to those who have hit the 100th+ year mark. One of the pictures that came on, was a happy anniversary picture of a couple who had been married for 75 years! She was 100 and he was 105!! Wow! I was first blown away by their age, and then I was blown away that they have been together for that long. Can you imagine...75 years of marriage???? Gosh, right now, I can't even imagine one. But how wonderful of a gift that is from the Lord to be married for someone for 75 years! After spending that long with one person, going through really hard times and really good times, seeing kids grow up and grand-kids grow up and great grand-kids grow up, watching the world change, watching each other change...wow, what a gift that is! I wonder if they are christians? I wonder if they see the blessing the Lord has given them to each other. In today's society, being married for 3 years, let alone 75 years is unheard of. Society today is in a sad state about relationships and how they view marriage. It's all a game. It's all about the number of people you can sleep with in a month. I'm not just talking about non-christians either. Some Christians even view relationships as a game, not in the matter how many people they can sleep with, but maybe in the matter that they just want to flirt around for a little bit. They don't want to make a committment or they are just scared. Relationships are a gift from the Lord. It's in his grace that he is even giving us relationships. As I had said many times in previous posts, marriage is a picture of Christ and his love relationship with his bride, the church. He sanctifies her by the washing of the Word. He protects her. He provides for her. He allows her to go through trials, but always comes in as a rescuing hero. He is her lover and friend. It's so beautiful!

I have missed my grandma (whom I call Nanny) SO incredibly much lately. It hurts my heart to think that she is gone, but also makes it happy to know she is with her Savior. Sometimes, I will just want to pick up the phone to hear her voice and encouragement from her. Or to hear her laughter and cheerful heart, and then I realize that I can't any more, but someday, I will see her again. Gosh, I miss her. There was an older couple who came to Bible study last night. They seem like wonderful saints in the Lord. They were members of my church a long time ago and have come back to visit for a week or weekend. Our Pastor had the hubby (George) come up and share a little bit about they he and his wife had been doing. Honestly, I don't remember much of the details, because I just so charmed by his sparkling and effectious personality. He had so much vigor for the work of the Lord and for the goodness and grace he has seen from the Lord on our church throughout the years. He was absolutely precious! His wife seemed as sweet as ever. She didn't talk much, and I didn't have time to meet her afterwards (I wish I could have), but she seemed like the kind of woman who was a great encouragement to him. Behind every good man is a great woman encouraging him along and she seemed to be doing just that.

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