Strength of Decision

The power of a made up mind is almost beyond explanation. A made up mind will help you stand, go, do, be the thing you need to do or be.
Today - July 16, 2011 is my wife and I's 40th anniversary. It was put into full motion on July 16, 1971. We have spent the last 40 years together as mates, lovers, workers together in God's Kingdom. Has it always been easy? No! There are great rewards of living and working together for these years. It seems like yesterday when we said "I DO" and rode off together as husband and wife. We had no real knowledge of what it took to bend without breaking and to give on occasion without taking. With God's supernatural help and guidance we have walked together through some circumstances that should have taken us down but on the contrary they helped us stand straighter and taller because God helped us. Have we always seen eye to eye? No. On some occasions we never saw eye to eye but God is the common denominator of our lives and helps us get through these times. I don't think it is always necessary to see eye to eye because we are different. The win is in the give and take of marriage. The times of seeing our mates point of view can be very rewarding. On the other hand our stuborness brought some trying moments but again God helped melt us with the heat of His Holy Spirit and bring us to a new dimension in Him. What do people do without the help of our Lord and Savior?
With 40 years behind us I can truly say that my "Heart has always trusted in my wife". She never gave me any reason to doubt or cause me to suspect anything other than her devotion to our God and our union as husband and wife. In like manner I kept myself for her only. It keeps peace in the home.
I pray that you also have or will have such a life.

God bless each of you.

Pastor Walter L. Rose
On my 40th wedding anniversary