Many years ago we had an evangelist at the church we attended at the time. He was an old man from Alaska. Believe it or not, I still remember parts of his sermons. But, what I remember most is that he said that he had been married for 50 years. And, during those 50 years, he had not once thought about divorce. Then he mentioned that he had thought about murder several times.
Guess what? This week, my financial controller and I will be married 50 years. There are fewer and fewer couples that can say that anymore. Too many marriages today only last a few years or even a few weeks. The reason is simple. True love.
True love is patient and long suffering. It takes a lot of forgiveness to truly love. Back when we got married the vows included, “good and bad times, sickness and health, until death do us part.” I believed that.
Now we are at the big 50, I have to ask myself, “Do you love her more than ever?” Then I answer myself, “You must, or else you would have killed her a long time ago.”
Something tells me that she would have killed me first.
PMO
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