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Wow! It's been an year already. 787 was the date we got married. 787 was suppose to be the date Boeing delivers it's first 787! They showed the shell of the plane off a year ago, but 787 is still quite a ways from being delivered. At least it's now more than just a shell, power-on was a success during a recent test. So it's inching closer to actually taking flight.

Anyway, regarding my own marriage, there has certainly been lots and up and downs too! Overall, I think my marriage has certainly been a 'beneficial' one. God makes all things, both good and bad, happen for the benefit of those who love Him, right? ;) For sure any marriage will have the good and the bad for sure, but has it been a benefit for the person?

One thing about today's scripture reading that caught my attention, which was that God was both blessing and cursing the Jews. Obedience brings blessings, disobedeince brings curses! Relationship with God is a way is very similar to this marriage relationship I think! ;)

If there is love, marriage is definitely a blessing. If there's no love, marriage can definitely feel like a curse too! It's very difficult to stay marry and feel 'lukewarm' about the other person. By feeling just 'lukewarm' about your spouse, surely it'll start to feel like a 'curse' soon enough. The chinese saying which stated that when rowing a boat upstreams, if you don't go forward, you'd be going backwards. Relationships are like that.

May God, Who is love, be with us in every relationship that we have!
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