I love being married
Katherine and I were married three days after Christmas just this last December. The experience has afforded my life numerous blessings in ways more numerous than I could have imagined-- certainly more than I could recount here.
Our ability to spend time with one another in the humble, quiet luxury of our apartment is by far one of the most enjoyable aspects of our married life. Our meals together, our daily interactions that revolve around life's little responsibilities, such as our little conversations while getting ready for church, our grocery shopping trips, and above all our opportunities to pray together and to share in God's rich mercy through the Orthodox faith in practice have been the highlights of our existence together.
It's not easy to explain the joy and sense of peace that comes from arriving home to a warm welcome complete with my sweetie's soft skin, and her wonderfully prepared, hearty meals. God truly is good.
Certainly with the awesome blessings come new responsibilities, but these responsibilities, when met, only serve to edify and build up our faith and discipline. In short, working to constantly improve our marriage just is working on our sanctification...in so many ways marriage truly is (at least it can be) an aid to the Christian life.
I cannot overstate what joy my marriage to Kate brings to my life each and everyday. My prayer unto God is, "Lord grant us many years and continued growth in You."
Posted by jeremy stock at February 28, 2003 11:55 AMGlory to God!
Thanks be to God for his gift to us of marriage!
Thanks for a wonderful reminder of that glorious and joyous person he gave to me, my wife, Anna.
Many years to you and yours!
Posted by: Clifton D. Healy at February 28, 2003 12:06 PMYes, very beautiful, Jer. I pray that God indeed grants both you and Katherine many years, and that His blessings will follow you wherever you two should be.
And not bad -- only six days between posts!
Posted by: Toshikazu at February 28, 2003 12:37 PMWell said!
Having just had our one year anniversary, the wife and I certainly echo your sentiments!
Many Years!
Posted by: Karl Thienes at March 1, 2003 10:07 AM