This week the prompt is "Same".
I'm typing this post on my phone and it will affect my five minutes greatly. Sometimes less is more. Today is Friday, September 11. Today is my 11th wedding anniversary! 12 years ago, I drove over 1000 miles for a summer job. The job was a bust, and I barely paid my bills, but I met my eternal best friend. When you make a relationship on earth with somebody who loves this same Jesus, your friendship will be eternal.
Dave and I have so much in common! Our upbringing was basically the same. Our fathers were self-employed, we were born two months apart in 1981. We are both the oldest child. Our parents are both still married to the same person they first married. We were both involved in 4H with animals, we both valued academics and hard work. We both laugh at wit and British humor. We work well together. We both wanted a stay at home mom for our children. We went to the same beach at the ocean for much of our childhoods.
We both value what is right more than what is popular. We had both been hurt in relationships and had sworn off dating two years prior to meeting each other. On September 11, 2001, we were the same. We were single, lonely, hurting, and thrown upside down by what had happened in a recent relationship. We both found God to be our everything. Two years later, in September, I was already away from him and back at college. At that time, we had been dating for three months, but we knew without doubt we would be married.
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| After 11 years, Dave's wedding ring has rubbed at his "freckle" or "mole" a lot, but we have matching marks on our wedding ring fingers! |
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever. We are made in His image to bring glory to Him. As Dave and I grow in our faith, the two become one. As we journey as Christians we become more and more like the Jesus we follow. When I pass away on this earth, I hope I will be the same as Jesus. That when you meet me, when I speak to you, there would be nothing different between how Jesus would speak to you and how you would feel. My prayer is that someday I will be so immersed in Jesus and His Spirit that after we part the feeling would be the same as if you had actually sat with Him. That you would be thinking upon Him long after we have parted ways. He is my comfort, He is my strength, and He can be the same for you!
~Tammy
I am a FMF neighbour. Congrats on being married 11 years. :) God is indeed the one who holds us together. You can find me here: http://anetintimeschooling.weebly.com/a-net-in-time-blog/fmfparty-same
ReplyDeleteAnnette, thank you. It was a delight to go visit you as well! :)
DeleteHappy Anniversary friend! Sounds to me like you and Dave are meant for each other. Jesus is indeed our constant. So much THIS: "He is my comfort, He is my strength, and He can be the same for you!" Amen sista!! Parked in the 9 spot this week!
ReplyDeleteTara, I heart you. :)
DeleteAnd yes, there were tears in my eyes today, so much the Spirit pouring out. Many grieve today and I ache for them, but there is always hope.
Love you!
~Tammy
I enjoyed hearing about how you and your husband met! Happy Anniversary! And what a strong testament to our Lord. To desire that kind of impact is what all of us should strive for, and again, it's very evident that you do, friend!
ReplyDeleteLoved your post-typed-from-your-phone! :)
Thank you, Ruthie!
DeleteYou bless me, you really do. Thank you for your encouragement! I hope tomorrow to have a little more time to come visit and leave comments on everybody's posts. You can understand why I won't be doing that tonight. *Date night*
Love,
Tammy
Happy Anniversary! This is such a beautiful post- it's great hearing about how God brought you and your husband together and how much you have in common. I also love what you say about being transformed to become more like Jesus. So glad that he is our comfort and strength and that he is the same whatever else may change around us. Carly (#57)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Carly!
DeleteIt's great to see you!! (and thanks for the post number. I promise to check it out as soon as I can!)
And I'm so glad He is your comfort. All my FMF friends are going to be eternal friends-that's what I love about this community!
Love,
Tammy
Happy Anniversary, and what a fabulous list of "sames"!
ReplyDeleteBTW, thanks for visit my blog; I've joined up to get some chances to write without obsessing, and esp to meet new people. Peace and hope to everyone on this somber day.
Thank you so much, and thanks for coming by to see me as well!
DeleteLove,
Tammy
Anniversary blessings and I love knowing this about your life!
ReplyDeleteSusan, thank you.
DeleteI'll catch up on your posts and everybody else's over the weekend/into Monday. Schoolteaching is taking a lot more time than I had imagined (the behind the scenes work). It's really been a great first week, though!
Love,
Tammy
What a lovely story - thank you so much for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteAndrew,
Deletethank you not only for reading it but taking time to comment. :) I'm blessed to have such a lovely story. And I'm grateful.
Love,
Tammy
Tammy, what a gift to meet your eternal best friend when you were young. And to have so much that is the same in your backgrounds! That makes some of the transitions into married life easier. :)
ReplyDeleteI so appreciate the reminder that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and always. There's such comfort in that! Keep clinging to Him. I hope you both have a wonderful anniversary!!! :)
Jeanne,
Deletethank you so much! I'm sorry I won't have time to reciprocate until the end of the weekend, but I do intend to come visit and comment, I promise! :D
Schoolteaching is taking a lot more time (behind the scenes) than I had imagined. Tonight we have a date, and tomorrow a local county fair, it's going to be a fun weekend!
Love,
Tammy