Citizen (1 of 10)
Series: Philippians
Patrick Edwards
Philippians 1:1-2
Introduction
Teresa and I will be coming up in the next month on our tenth anniversary, and so it's been only natural for us, the closer we get, to reflect on a decade of marriage. You think about what young, naïve kids you were, personally how my forehead used to be smaller and my hair much darker. You think about the highs and the joys, your first house, the birth of your kids. Trips and meaningful moments along the way. I think about the first house we were in that was on propane gas that I didn't know you had to check and have the gas company come fill. That was a really cold night the time we didn't have any heat. Or how the house was infested with mice and so Teresa would hold the baby and cry sitting on the counters of the kitchen with her feet propped up while I chased the mice with a broom trying to kill them.
You think about sitting in the hospital together, your wife having to bathe you, you having to help her put that weird massive hospital underwear on after childbirth. You know those moments you never picture when saying your vows years before. You think about the fights and the adjustments that you've had to make over the years. You think about some of those arguments that you keep having over and over again. Like, 'Will money ever not be a touchy topic in our household?' You know what I mean?
Marriage is a funny institution. The moment you get married everything changes, but at the same time nothing at does. Right? Suddenly, you say 'I do' and things are supposed to be different but you don't feel any different. You're still you and they're still them, which is where I think the conflicts and fights come from. You've been declared to be one flesh at the wedding, but marriage seems then be that journey of actually learning how to become so.
How you view free time changes. How you handle finances changes. What you do with your body, your eyes, your thoughts b ...
Series: Philippians
Patrick Edwards
Philippians 1:1-2
Introduction
Teresa and I will be coming up in the next month on our tenth anniversary, and so it's been only natural for us, the closer we get, to reflect on a decade of marriage. You think about what young, naïve kids you were, personally how my forehead used to be smaller and my hair much darker. You think about the highs and the joys, your first house, the birth of your kids. Trips and meaningful moments along the way. I think about the first house we were in that was on propane gas that I didn't know you had to check and have the gas company come fill. That was a really cold night the time we didn't have any heat. Or how the house was infested with mice and so Teresa would hold the baby and cry sitting on the counters of the kitchen with her feet propped up while I chased the mice with a broom trying to kill them.
You think about sitting in the hospital together, your wife having to bathe you, you having to help her put that weird massive hospital underwear on after childbirth. You know those moments you never picture when saying your vows years before. You think about the fights and the adjustments that you've had to make over the years. You think about some of those arguments that you keep having over and over again. Like, 'Will money ever not be a touchy topic in our household?' You know what I mean?
Marriage is a funny institution. The moment you get married everything changes, but at the same time nothing at does. Right? Suddenly, you say 'I do' and things are supposed to be different but you don't feel any different. You're still you and they're still them, which is where I think the conflicts and fights come from. You've been declared to be one flesh at the wedding, but marriage seems then be that journey of actually learning how to become so.
How you view free time changes. How you handle finances changes. What you do with your body, your eyes, your thoughts b ...
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