for all seasons

Luke 20:³⁴ Jesus replied, "Marriage is for people here on earth.

1 Peter 3"⁷ In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together.

What a joy to wake up next to my sweet wife this morning.  As our day began we reflected together on how life is passing and how we have been through several seasons together.  There was the season of being young and knowing very little beyond our love for each other.  That was a season of growing up in many ways.  Then there was the season of having babies and discovering so much more about the wonder of life, while continuing to grow together as a couple.  The children grew up, our parents grew older, and we marched through very busy days with huge questions in the background about the wellbeing of our family.  But then...the children became adults themselves...we and they survived their higher education and they eventually married fine men to start their married adventure.  And now it's just the two of us again...like at the beginning.  And the love that drew us near and joined us continues as we explore still new seasons.  In a way it is amazing to realize how much of the river of life we've traveled.  But more amazing yet is the continued closeness we share.  What a great design for life God fashioned in marriage.  It seems to thrive in every season as this life unfolds.

blessings,

Rob Smith