Joyce and I have been married 44 days now. After the wedding, honeymoon, and move, we’ve been settling into normal married life. I think it’ll be fun to spend the next dozen posts on the blessings I’ve received in marriage. Let’s start with two:

#1. Yummy food
Joyce has been blossoming into quite the cook. She usually goes on allrecipies.com and tries out all the highly rated recipes of interest.

#2. Serving God
Part of why it’s so important to marry in the Lord, is so that you can serve God together. Imagine getting married and a month later, asking your non-believing husband/wife if you can leave home for a week to help out as a SSC counselor and serve the RE students. That conversation may not go so well. On the other hand, think about the mutual understanding that takes place when I have to stay late Saturday for a church council meeting or when Joyce is away for a week at SSC and two weeks at NYTS. This is a great blessing of marriage. It helps us both live a life of meaning–without persecution or complaint–to serve our true and living God.