On July 8th, Diane and I celebrated nine years of marriage (albeit in different cities, as I was out of town with the Glenwood Camp). Over a belated anniversary dinner this weekend, we thought about how far we had come, how far the Lord has brought us, and it is simply amazing to see what God has done. Some couples have hard first years of marriage and they realize that in the midst of those first years. Some don’t have hard times much at all. I think our first years were very hard, but we didn’t know any different – we just thought it was normal. But looking at where we are now, I can clearly see a mighty work of God, and I am so thankful for how good marriage can be when you work at it and when you have the grace of God at work.
Broken of much independence, I have come to trust and depend on Diane as my friend and partner in life. Broken of the illusions that we had about our ability to love one another well on our own, we have each grown in depending on Christ to be our love and our hope. Broken of fears of being known, we are growing in intimacy and communication.
I could not have imagined that marriage could have gotten so much better and that we would still have so much opportunity to grow.
And how about my smokin’ hot wife? Prettier than that hot July day that I married her, and growing more beautiful to me every year.
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Congrats you two!!! And yes Marshall--you do have a smokin' hot wife. It's so funny-- I have ya'll's family picture up at the house and I get so many questions and comments about that "beautiful woman." Most people say, "and she has three kids?! Wow!" Diane probably has no idea, but the first day I met her, I thought she was so pretty that I couldn't stop staring at her. Ha ha, you probably felt the same way :)
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