It is pretty easy to remember how deep and complicated and important such a commitment is, especially when you where raised as my husband and I where. We saw it all the more soberly when we where younger and the marriage was new. We had a deep understanding going into it that this was a big deal, in the eyes of God we would forever be one. As we age together we rely more on the joy of the Lord to get us through together, rather then a somber determined mind.
So little is said about the not so serious side of commitment. The beauty involved in the fun. It is fun to live with my best friend and to know I got him FOREVER. It is freeing to not have the weight of dating and complex relationships on us anymore. We plan to have a big party every ten years to force us to remember how wonderfully fun it is to be committed to one another. Next party we hope to rent a ball room, chamber orchestra and have an old fashioned ball. Dancing lessons are much needed for my man and I first but, after all, we have almost ten years to plan for it.
It is so much easier to accepting the sacred commitment when you embrace the fun and freedom in it. The freedom is a gift to married couples. So don’t act like you think a married couple is supposed to act and instead have fun together, be friends, push one another to enjoy new experiences, spur one another on to stay young at heart and laugh together more.
The joy of the Lord is my marriages strength.
TTFN
