Much of life is spent fixing lunches; turning in assignments; changing diapers; and paying bills. Routine…regular…more struggle than strut. You thought marriage was going to be a lifelong date? You thought having kids was going to be like baby-sitting? You thought the company who hired you wanted to hear all the ideas you had in college? Then you learned otherwise.
The honeymoon ended. Oh, there are moments of glamour, days of celebration. We have our share of feasts, but we also have our share of baloney sandwiches. And to have the first we must endure the second. I’ve learned that God comes. And, in the right way, he appears. So don’t bail out. Don’t give up. He is too wise to forget you and too loving to hurt you. When you can’t see him, trust him. He is praying a prayer for you that he himself will answer.
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