Galatians220
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
Thirty-five and a half years ago, I was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia and given "a year, maybe two" to live. At the time, my husband and I had just gotten engaged and his parents said, "You're not going to marry her now, are you? She's going to die." He ignored them, and we were married six months later. Thirty-five years ago today.
It hasn't been easy... I've had chemotherapy for the aplastic anemia; I've had one cancer that was cured and have another one "brewing." I haven't always been "the model patient." In fact, I've been a real pain sometimes. (At least "half the time..." ) But - we're celebrating 35 years today, and all praises to the Lord, for He need not have preserved me for later conversion, nor either of us for all of these years together. He gave us a son, whose very birth was against all odds, and whose conversion (the first among us) brought the Lord Jesus Christ into our house... How inexpressibly wonderful and gracious our God is!
I don't particularly like Barbra Streisand, but the Lord can do good through those who are not so good. I do like this song of hers, and in tribute to the life partner that He provided for me:
[video=youtube;NWwRb2A9idY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWwRb2A9idY[/video]
How tremendous the union of Christ and His Church must be, if marriage itself is but a "picture" of what we'll see of that union someday!
I can hardly believe how blessed I am.
(Thanks for reading this. And God bless all of you!)
Margaret
It hasn't been easy... I've had chemotherapy for the aplastic anemia; I've had one cancer that was cured and have another one "brewing." I haven't always been "the model patient." In fact, I've been a real pain sometimes. (At least "half the time..." ) But - we're celebrating 35 years today, and all praises to the Lord, for He need not have preserved me for later conversion, nor either of us for all of these years together. He gave us a son, whose very birth was against all odds, and whose conversion (the first among us) brought the Lord Jesus Christ into our house... How inexpressibly wonderful and gracious our God is!
I don't particularly like Barbra Streisand, but the Lord can do good through those who are not so good. I do like this song of hers, and in tribute to the life partner that He provided for me:
[video=youtube;NWwRb2A9idY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWwRb2A9idY[/video]
How tremendous the union of Christ and His Church must be, if marriage itself is but a "picture" of what we'll see of that union someday!
I can hardly believe how blessed I am.
(Thanks for reading this. And God bless all of you!)
Margaret