Monday, August 17, 2015

Forty-Nine



We've been "celebrating" today. Today marked our 49th Anniversary. On July 29th, 1966 we had our treasured "Temple Marriage." It meant a great deal to us then and it still does. We have learned, however, that a Temple Marriage is more or less an event. It is a special day when we present ourselves before the Lord in His Holy House and make sacred COVENANTS with our Father in Heaven and each other as well as our future children and posterity. It represents sacred COVENANTS that we make to all who know us or ever will know us to be exemplary in our lives and the way we treat one another, our family and everyone we come in contact with. We were not perfect then and we certainly are not perfect now, but we have been blessed, blessed from the outset with a knowledge that we are in this endeavor together forever. This understanding and COVENANT has aided us in good times and in bad, in moments of joy and moments of sorrow. We have never doubted that we were to be one. This has not always been easy, but neither of us have ever wavered in our belief in the eternal nature of our Union. There are a few things that have been most beneficial in helping us to steer the desired course. The First was the decision to be married by proper authority for time and all eternity in a Temple of God. The Second was a commitment to pray together. The Third was to attend Church meetings every Sunday and partake of the Sacrament and renew our COVENANTS on a weekly basis. We've missed our Sunday meetings a few times, but not very many. We've missed praying together sometimes, but we have always recognized the power of prayer and have frequently called upon the Lord for help. We can't and don't want to go it alone. We have tried to go to the Temple as often as possible, though we have sometimes missed Temple attendance for a couple of months. Our hearts have told us that Temple ordinances and Temple learning are very important and are fundamental in strengthening a marriage that is intended to be not only eternal, but Celestial. Today we attended the Temple to celebrate our 49th Wedding Anniversary and then had a great dinner at Red Lobster We have done this probably forty of the forty-nine years we've been married (Well, maybe not always Red Lobster). Sometimes the Temple was closed, or for whatever reason, we told ourselves we couldn't go, but for the most part, we have taken our COVENANTS very seriously, and have been blessed in many ways for doing so. We are trying to create a CELESTIAL MARRIAGE. We have a ways to go, but we feel we are making headway, all be it slowly, and we are enjoying the days of our lives. Hopefully the lessons we have learned can be of assistance to someone else as they tread their own path toward a rewarding and happy married life forever. I tricked Iris on the kiss. I set the camera timer for twelve seconds and told her she had to hold it. Best one for a long time. Love that girl so much.!

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