January 6 is a very special day for me. It is Jane and I’s anniversary. We celebrate being married for 17 years!
Many years ago, before I even knew Jane, my older sister told me something that really baffled
me. She told me after she had been
married to Monty for some time that the day she married him was the day that
she loved him the least! This baffled me
- I didn’t understand it until I married Jane on January 6,1996.
Now I too say that on the day that I married Jane, I loved her
the least. We were just beginning our
journey together. Sure we loved each
other, but compared to the love we have for each other now, it was small love
back then!
With each year that passes, I love my wife more and more. And such is the depths of love. There is no bottom. Sure we say things like the greatest
expression of love is sacrificing one’s
life for another. Great as that is,
there is greater still. For Jesus not
only gave His life for us, but He continues to live and love us with an undying
love.
Now to be honest with you, Jane and I have had our fair share of
fights. There have been times I wondered
IF we would make it. And yes, there were
times when we both wondered IF we had made a huge mistake in marrying each
other. But through it all one thing has
kept us together: commitment.
We have been committed to our relationship with God and we have
been committed to each other. Our
commitment to God has allowed us to be committed to each other through “thick
and thin!”
I am blessed to have such a wonderful wife. Happy anniversary - I love you more today
than I did yesterday!
Jeff Powell
