YEARS! "39" MARCH 12,1971

WOW! WAS TALKING TO MY HUSBAND THIS MORNING ,WE BOTH AGREED THAT WE JUST COULD'NT BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED "39" YEARS TODAY. I WENT TO BED LAST NIGHT TRYING TO THINK OF ALL THAT WE HAVE ENDURED TOGETHER . WELL I GUESS IT GOES BACK TO HAVING OUR 3 CHILDREN . BRAD WAS OUR FIRST, BRYAN WAS OUR SECOND , AND BRANDI WAS OUR THIRD, (ALL 4 YRS. APART.) BECOMING A MOTHER AT THE AGE OF 18 , IS QUITE NON-BELIEF AT THIS MOMENT OF TIME BUT I DECIDED THAT I WANTED A BABY 3 MONTHS AFTER MARRIAGE. IT HAPPENED AND BRAD WAS HERE THE NEXT FEBURARY. DID NOT HAVE A CLUE OF WHAT TO DO WITH HIM, MY MOTHER WAS THERE TO HELP AND GUIDE ME THROUGH, I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I HAD HER! NOW THAT I HAVE BECOME A GRANDMOTHER MY HEARTS DESIRE IS TO BE THE BEST "NANA" THAT I CAN BE !, AS YOU BECOME OLDER AND REALIZE HOW TIME HAS FLOWN BY, AND THAT IT IS TRUE THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL BE ADULTS! THAT THE "ADULT CHILDREN " PHASE WILL BE HERE!! ( YOUNG MOTHERS I PROMISE IT WILL HAPPEN)!! ENJOY THE JOURNEY WHILE THEY ARE STILL BABIES!! FIRST AND FOREMOST TEACH THEM ABOUT JESUS; YOU LIVE THAT EXAMPLE BEFORE THEM. MY BIGGEST THING THAT I TOLD MY CHILDREN THAT WHEN YOU BECOME PARENTS IS THAT YOU WILL BE THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF " JESUS " THAT THEY WILL SEE! ON A DAILEY BASIS. I WANT EXCEPT ANYTHING LESS OF YOU THAT YOU TEACH THEM ABOUT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR! AND BY GOD'S GRACE ALL 3 OF OUR CHILDREN ARE NOW IN SERVICE WEEKLY WITH THERE CHILDREN, AND 2009 WAS LIVING PROOF OF THAT PRAYER; OUR 3 GRANDCHILDREN HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST AND WAS BAPTIZED! TO GOD BE THE GLORY THAT HE DELIVERED MY "HEARTS INTENTION" OF MY DEEPEST DESIRE FROM MY CHILDREN. SO YOU SEE THAT YOUR STRIFE IS ALL WORTH IT IF YOU STAY "FAITHFUL" IN SPITE OF ALL THE "DISTRACTIONS" THAT MIGHT POP UP DURING THOSE YEARS OF THIS THING CALLED "MARRIAGE". I KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN SO " BLESSED" WITH A HUSBAND THAT HAS BEEN A GOOD ONE! ( EVEN THE NIGHT I THREW A PANCAKE AT HIM WHEN HE MADE ME REALLY MAD:)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU LORD FOR LETTING ME ENDURE THESE "39" TO EDDIE!! " UNTIL DEATH DO US PART" ........
LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, FOR LOVE COMES FROM GOD.1JOHN 4:7(NIV)