five years

five years married...a lifetime to go!

we started dating at such a young age, and boy were there times we were tried to be broken apart. even when our eyes were not on Him, He still guided, directed, and guarded our courtship to keep us together (when a lot of people thought we wouldn't last) and prepared for us a life together through marriage.

it's weird to think that only a little over half of our marriage has been spent walking together in Christ. the first year or so of being married we spent kind of self absorbed and not responding to our salvation. i told casey the other night that despite that, the Lord has tremendously blessed us, even blessings that caused a little pain. i can't wait to see what a full five years of marriage, walking together, does for our faith.

i remember wanting to start a journal/scrapbook kind of thing to document how each anniversary was celebrated and later in our marriage we'd have a big ol book of descriptions and stories. that quickly became the same thing baby books have become for me- shoulda woulda coulda. i also wanted to always have a picture of us on the day of our anniversary. but how is that i can snap silly pictures of the kids all the livelong day but can never for the life of me get a shot of the two of us?

i love my husband so much more every single day i'm alive. have you ever though about how the bible begins and ends with marriage? it's such a gift from the Lord. happy anniversary, my casey james!