God laid this Blog on my heart a few months ago.........but I put it off........don't know why.........only God knows why.  When God lays a Blog on my heart I usually sit down and He writes it for me.  But this time........I just wouldn't even let Him go there........I just wouldn't sit down at the computer to write it.  But now, God is telling me.......write it, so here goes...........

 

Rick and I have been married for 35 years.........35 years of lots and lots of ups and downs........in fact, 35 years of the hardest years of our lives.  It's not easy being married, it's quite alot of hard work, actually.  Frankly, there were times we both wanted to bail out.  Times we just didn't want to work on our marriage.  Times we kind of lived our own separate lives doing our own separate things.  Rick.......alot of golf, me.......alot of kids.

 

But.......we hung on........hung on to our faith in God that kept us hanging on to each other.  And then something happened, something happened several years ago that really changed everything for us.  It happened in me first........God began to call me to a greater walk with Him.  He began to stretch me in what He was asking me to do in life for Him.  I resisted a little at first, a little until I began to see that when I quit resisting and began to obey, He came through for me.  As I began to obey, and as He began to come through, I began to change.........I began to desire Him above all else in my life.  I began to crave His word.  I began to crave prayer time with Him.  I began to crave serving Him.  As I craved Jesus above all else in my life, I became a different person.......and as I became a different person, Rick noticed. 

 

Then something began to happen in Rick.  He began to become a different person.  He began to seek out more of God in his life.  He began to desire to obey God above all else.  He began to look to God for more direction in his life.  And then we began to treasure each other as husband and wife.  Now we crave spending time together.  Every minute we can, we spend together.

 

This week God has blessed us with time together in New Mexico, hanging out together, seeing the sights and preparing for time spent apart as Rick heads back home to work at the golf courses and I head to northern New Mexico to lead my second project of the summer.  We are enjoying every minute that God has given us this week and give Him all praise, honor and glory for teaching us that when we obey Him, He is always there for us and will bless us far beyond what we could have ever imagined possible. 

Riding on the Taos Pueblo together.

Two nights together in this little house, "Casa Pepper" in Taos.

Touring the Taos Pueblo together.

Exploring Bandelier National Monument together.

Hiking on Sandia Mountain together.

Preparing to hike Petroglyph National Monument together.

Preparing to enjoy a Mexican meal together in Old Town, Albuquerque.

 

If anyone is reading this and is wanting to bail out on their marriage.........please don't.  God wants you to look to Him for guidance in your marriage.  Please just immerse yourself in The Word, pray constantly and then get on your knees and ask God what He wants you to do.........then just do it.  He'll take care of the rest. 

 

I'm sorry, God, that I took so long to write this Blog..........but I know "all things work together for good to those who love Christ" and even if I messed up, you will use it for good.  To God Be The Glory!