To Everything There is a Season

Hi there,

Today is my 27th wedding anniversary.  Each year this day brings to my mind a lot of reflection; like a movie reel running through y mind of laughing and crying, ups and downs, births and deaths, dashed hopes and dreams, but also new hopes and dreams. 

I makes me think of Ecclesiastes chapter 3 where Solomon reminds us that there is a time for everything.  "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven..."

Over the last 27 years we have raised four boys, lived in four different homes, had too many pets to count from little snails to big greyhound dogs (Buluu being the #1 pet of all time).  We've been a part of two churches, had many different jobs, but there has been one constant through it all - we love each other and work hard at staying together.  When change comes I can be encouraged that Michael will be there to cheer me on and help me through. 

Marriage is in no way easy, it can be down right hard.  But working through those hard times brings a deeper and more meaningful bond between two people. 

Let's look back to the words of Solomon:

  To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to weep and a time to laugh;  a time to mourn and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing; 

A time to get and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away; 

A time to rend, and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak;  A time to love, and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace.

...He hath made everything beautiful in His time:

(Even the bad times can become beautiful because they, in the end, make your love stronger.)

I hope this gives you a bit of encouragement today!

Much love, 

Cherie