Yesterday (Day 6) was a much better day for me. I'm still having many struggles at work with certain students, but they didn't affect me the same way yesterday.
Yesterday was also my sweet husband's birthday. We broke our food fast to celebrate. The first two or three years we were married, we did first-of-the-year fasts and we were always fasting on his birthday. The last couple of years we have allowed ourselves to break the fast so we could celebrate. Last night we had our families over for a chicken dinner. It was a lot of fun. There are ten kids under the age of twelve between our two families right now, and eight of them are under seven! It was loud at our house last night. :) My husband hadn't asked for anything in particular for his birthday, but each gift he received was perfect for him! Our families know him well! Isn't he handsome??
In the beginning of the fast, I mentioned that I would reflect on the week before I decided whether to continue with the food portion of the fast or if I felt it was complete. I've decided to go on with part of it. I'm keeping away from candy/sweets.
Today (Day 7) has been a gorgeous, sunny day. I'm so glad. The gray days are killer. I wouldn't survive in Alaska!
I got a chance to meet up with an old friend today. We talked for a long time about some things that are very tragic and devastating, that seem to be epidemics: infidelity and failed/failing marriages. The longer I am married, the more I see them. Today I have been praying over my marriage and the marriages of my family members and friends. I want to be completely committed to my husband and I want to have faith to know for certain that he will be committed to me. I should NEVER have to call that into question, and neither should he. I think our kids deserve to have parents who are committed to one another through good times and bad. I know the bads can be REALLY bad, but I also know that we humans CAN do just about anything if it's for something we WANT. What's that quote...? "If you want to do something you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse." I know there are circumstances that are beyond our control sometimes, and I don't claim to have a perfect marriage. I just think we need to work harder at guarding our marriages. No one goes into a marriage expecting to cheat, or be cheated on, or for it to end for any reason. If someone did, they'd be considered one messed up individual. People go into marriage with forever in mind, fully intending to be in love for life. We must protect that intention by sacrificing of ourselves for our spouses. I've heard it said that marriage is not 50/50...it's 100/100. Both spouses have to be 100% committed 100% of the time.
I'd like to encourage you to help me pray for marriages all around us, for love and laughter and forgiveness, and understanding and wisdom and patience and all the things it takes to last for decades. Let's reverse the epidemic.
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