A windy day just before we both turned 50 (last month).
Having just passed our 50th anniversary, I’m thinking I’ll start referring to myself as 50 years old. I don’t know if I’ll get away with it, but it goes along with the realization that my life basically began when I got married.
That’s when I began to get serious about things, when I had someone to live for, and to share (as the scripture says) in the grace of life.* I like that, the grace of life.
Marriage, I’ve long said, is heaven on earth . . . WHEN IT’S GOOD.
Of course when it’s bad, it’s like a strong undertow to the other place. And what marriage hasn’t experienced some of that . . . maybe on a recurring basis. But even that, when it’s overcome, is a grace. The grace of life.
Anne and I went out to dinner AGAIN commemorating our 50 years (something we plan to do all year long). I told the young hostess who seated us of the occasion. She said, “Wow, what’s the secret?” She revealed she’s in her first year of marriage and already looking for “the secret.” I just said, “God.”
To which she responded, “Praise God.”
I’m not sure I’m really going to push this being 50 though. I don’t know if it’s better to look like an oldish 50 or a youngish 72.
In the end, it is what it is. And what it feels like is more important anyway. So far, so good on that. The canoeing is fine. But I know the rapids are ahead, and the eventual waterfall.
Calling myself 50 won’t forestall the waterfall.
Meantime, I’m back to scripture, and one of my favorites:
Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun.*
And that’s ALL the years, be they ONE, like the young hostess in the restaurant, or 75 like my parents had.
It’s all grace.
A grace together.
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* 1 Peter 3:7
** Ecclesiastes 9:9
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7:13 pm
So fitly spoken, Hyatt. You and Anne have seasoned well! Thanks for sharing the joy of your 50 with us.
8:11 pm
Praise the Lord indeed! Patricia & I are working on year 49, and know a great deal about God’s abounding grace! Your lives have been a living testimony to so many around the world, demonstrating the power of God’s love!
9:12 pm
Well, congratulations again then! Beautiful story of God’s grace.
10:44 pm
Congratulations and job by God well done! We are coming up on #53. Another God job. He is the glue that kept us together when we needed repair, and the water that fed our flowers and the Gardiner who pulled our weeds. We couldn’t look each other in the glasses and say “I love you”, without God and His precious Son. And we love each other!
12:23 pm
Praises to our Lord and Savior for your 50 years of marriage.
From hippies to happies you both have set the bar high for others.
We are 3 behind you and pray that God allows us to celebrate our 50th.
May God continue to bless you both with many, many more years of great health, lots of joy and love.
12:40 pm
Wow…. Hyatt what an inspiration… Bless you and your very dear wife.
6:13 am
Praise God that we can say that all the fullness of marriage has been given to us in Christ. The blending of two to make both stronger and more effective is what gets to be seen in your marriage. When I think of how you discipled Robin and me into ministry, it is all about the “two ” of you as one!
11:06 am
Congrats….again! That is one of your best….and at our age, everyone younger looks young….milk it for all it’s worth! Praise the Lord for your lives together!