Last week marked the fourth 4th of July we've spent together since our marriage restoration began and when we talk about what our marriage is like now compared to those tenuous first days, well....there is no comparison. Absolutely everything is different: how we think, feel, talk, love, struggle, parent, laugh, cry, listen, trust, surrender, share...everything.
That said, I believe there's one specific area that, more than anything, we continue to be aware of - our own woundedness and the woundedness of others.
For ourselves, our personal wounding ~ what we experienced as children and how it's shown up in our lives as adults ~ is something that we can safely talk about to each other without fear or condemnation. It's something we can continue to let go of and give to God knowing that it only defines us if we allow it to. Either way, it's something that's recognizable when it shows up; something glaringly obvious that we can look at and ~ with grace and truth ~ say "no" to.
I love the pictures. I heard Annalea on one of your Tuesday night calls telling someone about your time together on the 4th and taking these pictures. I love you guys and I am thankful for this ministry. I have always thought about my parents when I hear the song, "Thank you for giving to the Lord, I was a life that was changed" but now you are both in my thoughts also when I hear that song. You won't ever know until you get to heaven how many ppl you have helped. Blessings. Sherry Perez
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