Our 2nd wedding anniversary on St Helena. It was also the date that our Bible sudy group planned to have their end of year social. True to Saint hospitality, there was a great spread.
Many of the church members remembered that it was also our anniversary, and we received all sorts of kindnesses. I had a hair cut from Deborah; Jean and Trevor delivered a cake and a bottle of sparkling grape juice; the Bible study group gave us a card and a beautiful glazed vase - all deep autumn colours.
I was in the middle of a crazy attempt to clean and tidy the manse in preparation for the evening social, when Jean phoned and asked me to bring some table cloths to the schoolroom. Only then was I told that they had agreed to have the social in the schoolroom in order to save me the bother of clearing up afterwards. So thoughtful. I happily abandoned the 'big clean', and enjoyed a bit of a read on the sofa.
When I think back over our years of marriage, there have been varied moments of great happiness as well as tensions and disagreements. The one constant, the glue, our chief joy, has always been our Saviour. He just becomes more precious as the years go by.
Congratulations, Graeme and Hazel! May the Lord continue to be the 'glue that binds' - what a joy to place our confidence in the unmoveable, unchanging, sovereign God!
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