You’re Still the One
2006 June 6
The years pass, life gets frustrating . . . or routine. Jobs are demanding. Children are time-consuming. Months come and go.
And then, out of nowhere, you tell the one you’ve been married to that after all these years she (or he) is still the one. That you’re in it for the long haul. That life is good, and to the extent it hasn’t been good you want to work to make it better.
But you don’t want to work on it with another person. You don’t want to look for happiness by switching partners.
You’re still the one. After all the years. After signs of aging have begun to show. After disappointments and frustrations. You’re still the one.
Go for it. Today. Maybe lead up to it. Maybe just blurt it out. There is power in those words.
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Thanks for all your words of encouragement. You guys are great!
I’m not married yet…but hope to be someday, and I hope I have the kind of marriage you guys are talking about here. The kind my parents have (they will celebrate 28 years in August). The kind the couples at our Lifeteam model for me so beautifully. Thanks for the words of encouragement and honesty. Blessings on all your marriages.
I sent this to my husband whose job was yanked out from under him recently. Bad enough, but it was a cross country move, our house here is already sold, and we are quite up in the air.
But other than knowing God loves him, I can’t think of anything he’d rather hear right now. Thanks for putting it into the right words for me.
Jody, Kathy & I were blessed with Godly parents who today celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary. Daddy says it is getting better. Next year there is BIG party. I’ll have Jenna and Matt give you a personal invitation!
Oh my gosh, Clint. What were you thinking.
My wife walks in and finds me blubbering at the computer watching movies of another woman. Time for some quick explaining!
Mike, thanks for all you do for our church family. We love you very much. Chrys and I will hit 33 years in August (we’re not really OLD, we just started early and got married at 16/17.) Not once in our marriage have we considered breaking apart. There have been bumps along the way, some minor and some major, but we both knew from early on we were meant to be together and we’ve always just loved and talked our way through them. I’m a very lucky and blessed man.