After 5 years in marriage it is all about God

Five years ago today, I married my college sweetheart in one of those simple but intimate weddings. I even composed a song for her which made her tear as she walked down the aisle. I shed a tear or two also overwhelmed by God’s blessing of a wife and a beautiful wedding.

Like every lovebirds we had our dreams and plans. Talk about where we would be in five years in terms of children, relationship, careers, finances….. Looking back now, I have mixed results. There are things I expected to have attained by now but I haven’t. On the other side there are others I didn’t even think of but I have them.

As I review the first five years of marriage, I find answers in the wedding sermon titled ‘Having Jesus in the marriage boat.’ I can remember vividly Pastor Edward Munene asking us   “Is God in this boat?”  In retrospect I am glad our answer was Yes. There are many instances we have had to hold our hands and ‘wake Jesus up’ to calm the storms of life like the disciples did back in the day. Many of those times he has answered as we wished, other times though he has felt so silent, but the good thing is that his grace had been sufficient. The greatest lesson however for my wife and I has been to appreciate that this life is not our own. There is a God in control who runs our lives according to what he believes is good for us.

Like the bible says a man plans but the lord establishes. Appreciating this truth has made us thankful when we didn’t get what we had wished for. It has also made us grateful for blessings we didn’t except.  There are things we have survived that I look back and wonder how we did, it can only be because of God’s grace.

In a world where happiness in marriage has lost currency one feels humbled to have enjoyed it for 5years. It has also challenged us to do our simple part: trust in him more and be committed to making it work.

As we look up to more years of bliss, we can only surrender to him because clearly he has it all figured out.

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