On Sunday, December 10, 2006, Roger and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary.
Do you know what I've discovered in the 12 years of our marriage? God is a homeschooler!! LOL! He IS! He has been teaching me here in my home for 12 years now, and He continues to teach me every day!
He is teaching me to be unselfish, but at the same time to take better care of myself so that I can care for the husband and children He has entrusted to me.
He is teaching me that NO relationship is more important than my relationship with Him, and that none of my earthly relationships will be right unless my relationship to Him is where it should be.
He is teaching me that obedience to His Word is ALWAYS best, and will ALWAYS be for my good, though at times it may be temporarily uncomfortable.
He is teaching me that biblical submission to my husband is a protection for me, not a curse. He is teaching me that biblical submission means supporting my husband in his God given role as the head of our household, NOT being a mindless, mousy doormat.
Most of all, He is teaching me that my faith and trust MUST be in Him, and Him alone. He is Jehovah Rapha, Jehovah Shauma, and Jehovah Jireh~my healer, my peace, my provider.
AND, He has given me a "learning partner". He has given me a wonderful, loving, caring, unselfish husband who is my friend, companion, sounding board, gentle corrector when necessary, and my biggest fan. My elderly friend Marjorie, who had been married for 43 years at the time, once told me something. She told me that God shows His love for her through her husband. After 12 years of marriage, I am finally beginning to truly understand what she meant when she said that. I heartily agree with her.
Blessings,
Mom23munchkins