OMTL day 11 Everest

Today’s chapter was about scaling the obstacles to unity.  We talked about these points on Sunday.  There are 3 mountains people have to overcome in relationships:  The Mountain of Misunderstanding, The Mountain of Me First, The Mountain of Mistakes. 

I know that Carl and I have had to scale each one of these mountains at some point in time in our relationship.  We got married right out of high school and had some very unrealistic expectations about marriage.  We were immature and broke, that’s not a great way to start a marriage.  Marriage is hard work in the best of situations.  We have been married 26 years now and it gets sweeter with every year.  It is truly a miracle that we made it through those first years together.  Looking back now we can take those mistakes and use them to help others that are going through a rough time in their relationships.  God held us together even though Satan was trying every way possible to rip us apart.  We have definitely tried this thing called marriage on both sides of the fence, with God and without God.  I would never want to go back to the other way.  It really is true, the closer you grow to God the closer you will grow together.  I absolutely love serving God with Carl and sharing every day with him and just seeing what God has next. 

If our relationship can work I believe anybody can make it work.  God in the center is the key.  It takes two and it’s not something one person can do by themselves.  All of us have faults and short comings and do things that will drive our mate crazy at times.  I just think whenever possible you could stick it out and do everything you can to make it work.  It really is worth it to work at it.  I just thank God every day for keeping us together and for the miracle He has worked in our lives.