I'm so thankful for my 3 daughters, Christiana, Colleen, and Evangeline. They will all get married summer of 2011, Lord willing, and we are happy with them. The world's way of thinking is "Oh No!"- "all the money that will cost!" But God's way is His provision and His glory, so I refuse to be "stressed."
And I'm reading The Mystery of Marriage, by Mike Mason, which is truly a wonderful book! It is esoteric in parts, so, must be read slowly and thoughtfully. It becomes more and more practical as you read about Love trapping us, and making us learn to lay down our lives for our spouses. I found it most interesting that Mason writes about how because divorce is so common and so accepted, marriage is held more in honor than ever before because Love is the ONLY reason people stay together. When people see a couple who have been married a long time, and who still love each other, they are impressed, and softened in their hearts toward good marriages. But because people allow themselves to "fall out of love" they cannot persevere in the "trap" that Love has bound them to. Everyone loves a good love story or "how we met" story, and it's because true love is getting rarer and rarer!
So, I'm thankful that I have 3 daughters who are very much in love, and very sure that God brought them their future husbands. We will trust Him to be the absolute Love that will hold each of these happy couples together.
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