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7/7/14

My partner in life for 14 years...

Happy Anniversary to my lovebird, Claudia.


The Priest who married us told us "She is your way to heaven, and he is your way to heaven".

I didn't agree with that comment in as much as it didn't seem scripturally sound but I think he meant something else by it.  

Truly, marriage isn't easy but I've learned that God uses marriage to chisel one into the person He wants you to be.

God doesn't give us a clone of ourselves wearing a wig but instead someone who will help us stretch, learn, grow, commit, and sacrifice in order to become... well, more like Him.    


How else does one go from single to "one flesh" as the Bible states.
How else does one go from "going it alone", to having  "a helper", that God ordains to be with a man.
In Genesis, God took to creating the woman from the side of man to create her.  He said "It's not good that a man be alone", and this was after he created everything else and ordained it as "good".  He didn't take from the man's head or the man's foot, but from his "side" - which is closer to a man's heart.   And then He clearly commanded that "husbands, love your wives as Christ loves His church and gave himself up for it".   


I don't think I'll ever get used to the fact that I'll never measure up to deserving this woman; for the many reasons God has placed her before me.  But I know that God's work in me is not complete - it is a work in progress, and that includes being the best husband and father He can mold me to be. 

The daily sacrifice of thanksgiving to Him is for the opportunity to share my life with Claudia, and grow in this grace before God.