Last year was a significant time for our family. It was a milestone honoring our decision to become a family! The time when I was chosen to be the mother of his children, and of when I chose the man who would become their father (and I really held him up to that heavy calling in my deliberations!). It was the time when our love started to grow and when we were able to clasp hands and jump off a proverbial cliff into the unknown; to make the greatest commitment of our lives.
I learned many things in my looking back to see where we have been and where we have faith that we are going.
And I feel to share with you, the overarching lesson, even the inspired thought that came to me in the middle of our sacred celebratory experiences together;
It is that living, even in our imperfect and faltering way, the gospel of Christ, really does what it proposes to do: it perfects and exalts and grows us; it lifts and carries us as marriage partners, and families, to the working out of our salvation. Together.
It is the power to forgive and to be forgiven. It is the undying chain of trying and falling and rising and moving forward. It is the power to see who your spouse truly is, even when you see his struggles. It is the power to see your larger self, especially when you are feeling failed and small.
After 30 years, I can say with confidence, that the path of discipleship, the path of submissive learning, the path of commitment, the path of love thy neighbor, the path of letting go of our pain and heartache, and of letting God tutor and teach and succor and heal us, works.
I hope you will be blessed to taste the sweetness of the long-awaited fruits you are working daily to cultivate with your faith.
I for one declare, they are sweet and full of joy!
xoxxoxo
Jacque
Congrats – 30 years!
Thank you, I think it’s an accomplishment of the highest order! Xo
And so it is…and I’ve watched it and you and him and them get better and better. You have been blessed because you have sought those blessings. BEAUTIFUL!