Yet another GUSHY anniversary post!!!

Well tomorrow marks the 7 year anniversary of Sean and I. It is quite hard to believe that it has been 7 years and then there are moments when it feels like we have been married for 70 years. Sometimes I wonder why it is that Sean and I have "made it" when I see some around me who are crumbling in their marriages...and I feel very blessed.

God has blessed our marriage in ways that are very obvious to all and not so obvious to most.

Obviously he has blessed us with the five amazing daughters. Obviously. The Bible says that children are an inheritance and I know that he wasn't just thinking of the "world" he was actually thinking about US when he inspired those words. And that makes me very glad to know that someone has gone before us and chosen us to be the parents of these 5 amazing girls.

But with that comes the charge that we have posted on our wall. Psalm 78:4-We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.

AND there have been WONDERS!

I wondered why it was that I met Sean when I did. I was on a very distructive path and was running so far from my family and everything that symbolized my family. Church, family friends, work...etc. And only by God's GRACE did he bring me Sean. He knew what was good for me. He knew way better than I could have imagined. And I knew that God intended me to be with Sean when I met him in such a strange way. It was actually very easy to see God's hand at work when we met. In fact Sean and I talked about it alot. How weird it was...how we knew that we weren't in control...even though Sean wasn't a believer he knew that something was up.

So fast forward to today. Here I am sitting on my bench in my dining room telling the world(ok...maybe just a few friends!)that I am more in LOVE today than I was when I married Sean. My deep respect for him has grown as we have grown up together. We were such babies when we got married and started having babies. So young...so clueless.... But the amazing thing is that when the going got tough we ran towards each other and together ran towards God. And man have we had some really rough spots.

Are we there yet? Nope...and boy I am glad. I don't know EVERYTHING there is to know about my husband and for that I am SO grateful. I like learning more and more about who he is and who God is creating in him. And that makes me feel *thankful*!

So today I praise God for my husband, our marriage and for the family that God has created through us! THANK YOU!!!!!