Six Years

Happy 6th anniversary to my darling husband. It's our tradition to sum up each year of marriage with one word on our anniversary. Our words so far are: 1. revealing; 2. adventure; 3. growth; 4. abundant; and 5. progression. This year we decided to change the tradition a bit. In the past, our lives and our marriage have easily been summed up together. However, this year we would sum up our past twelve months of life much differently than our past twelve months of marriage. For this reason we chose one word to sum up the past year of life, and one word to sum up the past year of marriage.

I'll be honest with you. The words that came into my head for the past year were "tiring", "surviving", and "exhausting". We finally decided to sum up the year on one of Nate's words: "turbulent". Life has been shaken up a lot ever since moving to Mozambique! However, for our past year of marriage we chose "steady". Although our lives have been pulled and stretched in many directions, the Lord has given us grace upon grace to keep our marriage firm. The Lord has given me a husband who pursues and treasures his wife and invests much in his children.

All of that is only possible through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Ultimately, He is our rock and firm foundation. When everything else changes, the Lord is unchanging. His steadfast love endures forever. May Christ, the Beginning and the End, the great I AM, be at the center of our lives, marriage and family, all our days.