Is your Marriage as Good, as it Looks on Facebook?
October 25, 2016
Our marriage is good and often, what it looks like on Facebook is just how it is. A diary of what’s happening, a representation of the joy and laughs in our life. The other morning I posted this along with a silly cartoon caricature of myself --
“Good Morning: I was reflecting on the many things in my life that should cause me to offer prayers of gratitude. The good things are so numerous. I decided I could not find a photo that would capture all of them. I should categorize them; first I am fulfilled. As we pray for the needs of our church family, it is apparent there are so many life struggles. I am free of these struggles at this moment. I am grateful for my role in a Spiritual life. It allows me to meet people who are needy and offer small gifts of grace. My family: wife, sons, mothers, relatives, and friends, the people that lift me up in life, continue to be my blessings. There is so little of the many good things in my life I have earned. I am about to head to the gym and continue to do things so many my age cannot. It is all God's gift of genes and those early work experiences I was offered in my farm life. I cannot point to one thing I've earned or deserve more than any other person. Whether it is my wife's love, my health, or my ability to serve in a world of needs with a wide array of mediocre talents I am blessed not deserving. This morning I am grateful and will continue to try to lift the world, as best as my mediocrity of graces allow.”
July Wedding great life event photo from Facebook
I asked Nancy how she felt when she read it because we had a marriage encounter group meeting, and I was preparing a dialog lesson for it. She wrote this “a warm glow, like sitting by the fire with a cup of hot tea on a cold night. I felt content that Steve felt his life was filled with blessings, and that I was part of it.” I believe it was a true reflection of her emotion at the time, but was it polishing the apple before presenting to a group?
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