A good friend of mine and his wife recently celebrated 25 years of marriage and he shared some great thoughts in a recent blog:
Marriage, grace, and old dogs learning new tricks: How to grow your marriage.
He went on to say: “With a woman like Sandi as my wife, I believe our best days are yet to come. In a couple of short years we will be empty nesters, and someday grandparents – and she will make all of that so much sweeter. I don’t look forward to growing old with Sandi, I look forward to growing bold together as we live, love, and hopefully laugh.”
Beautiful. The way marriage was designed by God to be lived and celebrated.
In so many ways, this is exactly how I feel about the church I service – Union Chapel Missionary Church. On Sunday, March 1st I will begin my 18th year as senior pastor. Dinah and I are empty nesters with only one real goal in life – to spoil our four grandchildren. And, like Tom, I don’t look forward to getting older with my church family because I’ve already buried too many of my friends. But I DO look forward to growing bold together – bold in defense of the Gospel and of each other!
No marriage is perfect. No pastor-church family relationship is perfect, but as we’ve grown together it IS sweet!
And, perhaps most importantly, I believe our best days are yet to come!
Blessings!
Pastor Mark
