3 Months is Pretty Sweet

Although this won’t post until “three months and a day,” I wanted to make sure these words came out on the very day of three months!  Three months?  Of what?

Sarah (my wife) and I have been married exactly three months today (this Sunday)!  It’s been very good, and at least at this point, I can confidently affirm and recommend the institution of marriage to any daring couple considering the next step.  Do this!  Hang on for the ride of your life, but do this!

I’m sure many will chuckle and say “Of course it’s been sweet.  Three months hasn’t been enough time for the real relationship to settle in.” 

But let me tell you what’s been sweet about this whole marriage thing and these infantile three months:

• ·         Sarah and I feel that we had both been waiting all our lives to be in union with the other—before we even met.  We were simply waiting for the other to come along in life and light up our lives the way we do.  Thus, regardless the tension or the stress that creeps along in our home from time to time, any night that we lay our heads down under the same roof is far better and more blessed than any alternative.

• ·         In three short months, given all the “delightful extras” God has put in our life, we have successfully pushed and led each other much further into our Christian lives than we could have gone alone.  Sometimes it’s because of those miracles that we witness between us, and sometimes it’s because of the deep theological conversations we have while driving in the car or sitting across from each other at the study table.  But other times it’s because of the elevated need for prayer at times, or because of need to seek God’s counsel and resolution in the midst of challenging moments.  Sometimes it’s because we have the chance to pause for a moment and wonder exactly what God was thinking when he picked us for each other. 

• ·         It’s also been sweet because in the midst of running to separate lives, either in Omaha or south Lincoln, early each day and returning late each night, we have learned to give 100%, to rely on each other to carry the other’s load of responsibilities, and we’ve learned to love each other no matter what state our house is in.  We’ve also learned to catch the beautiful, charming moments of our life together, even though they are often in flight like the activity of finches always coming and going.  

• ·         There are other sweet things about three months as well, but you get the idea. 

Sarah and I don’t know much about marriage, but we know that there is much, much more to come.  We are simply thankful to start off in such a way that begins building a strong foundation for the days to come—both beautiful and trying.  We are also thankful that we had the chance to put Jesus in the middle of who are as a couple from the very beginning.  Through Christ, all things are possible—whether it is 3 months, 300 months!  Amen.

More to come…

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