Last weekend held a special day for us – our wedding anniversary. Thirty four years! We went out for a quiet dinner just the two of us to Ruth Chris Steak House. What a treat! Over dinner we had conversation reminiscing our wedding day. We realized how truly young we were on the day we took that walk down the aisle. We took a stroll through the years remembering good times. And bad. Times we laughed our heads off. And cried. Good decisions. And unwise ones. The joys of having our children. And the tears of endless nights with a colicky baby. Or rubbing feet that pained all night. The best part was knowing that we would do it all over again.
Every. Single. Part. Of. It.
This morning I remembered a quote I read several weeks ago & had written down.
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.”
(Simone Signoret)
I am grateful for all those threads that have bound me together with my husband. Each one served to strengthen us, holding us together with a ferocity that was not there thirty four years ago. I am also grateful for this reminder in Scripture today:
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work;
If one falls down, his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
Thought one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
(Ecclesiastes 4:9-12NIV84)
There it is again – the concept of threads holding a marriage together. I am so grateful for a God Who strengthened our threads over the years. Many times, He alone was the thread when we were tired & frayed.
And He was faithful to hold us together.
For He is a faithful God.
I linked with these beautiful blogs: The Modest Mom and Inspire Me Mondays and Mom’s The Word and The Better Mom and Marriage Mondays and Grace Laced Mondays and Monday’s Musings and Paula’s No Rules Weekend Blog Party .
My parents have also been married 34 years and they would definitely say they would do it all over again! They are the very best of best friends and this came with lots of time and a life lived together as partners. Thank you for reminding me that it is possible to say you’d marry your spouse again after so many years together. I know it will happen for me if I can put the energy into it š
If others have been able to do it, you will surely be able to do it as well š Keep trusting God & inch by inch, you will get there too!
Well said… I TOTALLY agree about everything! Love a Godly marriage š Makes me smitten every time I read or heard stories about it. Happy 34th wedding anniversary! Stay happy and blessed…
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So glad you visited. Thanks so much.
Congratulations. We are celebrating #16 soon.
Delighted to meet you today. I hope you don’t mind if I splash around a bit. This looks like a refreshing place to dip into some serious goodness.
Also, I would love for you to share this post with other mommas. We have a little link up started. Momma’s sharing our notes, creating a melody. We could use your fave recipes, fun mom moments, encouraging words, the goofy, anything mom. I would be honored to have you join us.
http://justsarahdawn.blogspot.com/2013/05/momma-notes.html
Splashin,
Sarah
Sarah –
Thanks for the visit & the invite. I visited your site & did join in. May your link-up grow & bless many!
Joanne
I’m visiting from the Momma Notes link-up. What a lovely quote about threads! We recently celebrated 14 years and I can appreciate what you said that sometimes God alone is our thread. Praise the Lord for that!
Thank you. That quote really hit me when I read it. Our God is faithful to help us keep the covenant we made. I am so glad that you visited today! Hope you come back!
Blessings,
Joanne
Happy 34th anniversary! So happy your cord of three strands has never been broken.
Thank you for stopping by. It was fun to find a link-up I had not heard of š
Happy anniversary! We have been married for 30 years. Recently we went to a wedding of our son’s best friend and it got us to thinking and reminicing too! Those 30 years sure went fast, lol! Beautiful verse, thank you for sharing and for linking up to “Making Your Home Sing Monday!”
Congratulations to you too!!! Thank you for visiting!