“Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.”
Mark Twain

I believe Mark Twain was onto something.  Today I’m celebrating 25 years of marriage with my lovely bride, Debi, and I can honestly say I love her more now than ever.  We were young when we got married… too young to know what we were getting ourselves into!  But by God’s grace our marriage has survived and thrived, and all in spite of ME!  The woman a man marries can make or break his success in life.  It really is a general truism:  “Behind every good man is a better woman.”  At least in my case, I am a better man because of Debi. 

I prayed often as a young man that God would provide the perfect wife for me, and I honestly believe He honored that request.  I thank God for Debi, and look forward–by God’s mercy and grace–to another twenty-five years together.  It was famed philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who is quoted as saying, “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”  While I don’t agree with many of Nietzsche’s other philosophical statements, I think he hit the bullseye with that one.  Certainly, after all these years Debi continues to be not only my companion in life, but also my best friend.  Sola Deo Gloria…

To God be all the Glory!