Growing Old Together: The Great Desire.
Life has a way of wearing you down.
As you begin many of its journeys, you begin each one with this invincible attitude. You become convinced that nothing and no one will ever defeat you. That as hard as life threatens to come at you, you are determined to be the victor.
The tricky thing about life if that for most of us, it does not violently attack you, but rather it slowly breaks you down without you even knowing it. Day by day, event after event you never realize how tired and how worn you are until you stop for a moment and breathe deeply. Unfortunately many of us only takes these types of breathes after heartache, loss or rest occurs.
The greatest earthly honor of my life is being the husband of the woman who captured my heart a decade ago.
This coming weekend is the first time we will be alone together since our daughter was 1. For those who don’t know…she will be 4 this year.
Without even knowing it, we have let life slowly drift us apart through our responsibilities and commitments. We have tirelessly invested in our Children, in our work but have put our marriage on the back burner.
The greatest fear of my life is that one day, when our children are gone and our responsibilities have diminished that we turn from the opposite sides of our bed to look into the eyes of a stranger.
Being her husband is an honor. An honor that comes with much fear and trembling before God. I am honored that she has chosen me, that for the rest of our lives we have the privilege of pursuing one another and demonstrating the love that Christ has for His church.
There is no one else I would ever imagine growing old with. She is the greatest blessing of my life and with all my heart and soul I want to desperately show her that.
She is the only one I want and she is the only woman who will ever satisfy me.
Growing old with her is a joy. A joy that will truly never get old.
”Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.” -Proverbs 5: 18 & 19
Very well stated!
Thanks Mark