3 Years (and counting)!!

Today is me and my hubby's 3rd anniversary!  I can NOT believe that I've already spent t.h.r.e.e wonderful years with this sweet man!!!!   (or should I say that I can't believe my amazing husband has bore with me for three whole years...  he is truly such a patient, forgiving man!)

Check out those excited newly-weds!!

I think it's amazing how much closer we are now than when we first got married!  I would definitely agree with those who claim that in a good marriage, things only get better as they marinate.

I'm also amazed at how God has truly used our marriage to sanctify me.  It's hard to believe how much I've grown in the Lord as a result of my husband's influence and leading.

This was my "YES" high five right after our wedding ceremony.  

What's funny though, is that today I feel even more confident and certain and thankful.  It's humbling to look back on our three years together and be able to assert: YES, the Lord was SO much more than abundantly good in giving me Hugh.  There are innumerable details which God divinely orchestrated in bringing us together and preparing us for each other.  And there are similarly innumerable stories of God's provision and faithfulness in sustaining us as we live out this humbling/sanctifying thing called marriage.  We are trusting in His grace to continue sustaining for the years to come.

And it is my prayer that our love will abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that we may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless on the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.  (adapted from Phil. 1:9-11)