Last year Bob and I, struggling to find peace in our marriage, went to the Weekend to Remember Marriage Retreat and LOVED it. We immediately bought tickets for this year and gifted our good friends the experience as well! The Phoenix dates didn't work for us so we decided to road trip it out to San Diego and what fun and renewal we had!
WE ALL STILL DO!
Moving quickly into 15 years of being married is sometimes as surreal as it is exciting. How have we come so far and yet still feel so young and fresh in so many ways? Bob and I giggled when we were classified as those "15, 20, or 25 year veterans." A veteran.......US?.......for REAL?
Bob and I are in a much better place even though we are now dealing with my injury, a chaotic construction zone for living, new chapters in parenting, and a busy work life. Our life hasn't gotten any easier, but thankfully we both know where our foundation is.
In true marriage weekend fashion there were lots of discussions, some tears, a lots of growth, and one more layer of the proverbial onion being pulled off of each of us. Marriage is hard, and wonderful, and challenging, and amazing.
And SO WORTH fighting for.
I think the biggest take away that I have this year from our time together is the reminder and deep conviction that none of this works without the Perfecter of our Faith, Jesus. All of this stuff that we learn, and live with, and internally wrestle with, and fight externally about. It all finds peace in Him.
A chord of 3 strands is not easily broken although life's weight can pull and strain and bend it. Investing in the relationship with Jesus is so imperative, so critical. Not only for the sake of unity and oneness with my lover, but for the sake of my children and their young hearts. Nothing works right without Him and I have been renewed and revived to fall more in love with Jesus.
Who can only make me fall deeper in love with this man.
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