October 20, 2011 -- October 20, 1977

Yes it is true; today it is 34 years ago Henrietta and I got married. We are rejoicing that God has blessed us with so many years together. The pastor that married us used Psalm 37:5 in our marriage ceremony. “Commit your way to the Lord; Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass”

Looking back over the years, the Lord blessed us with 5 children, 6 grand children (and one on the way, due in February 2012 Lord willing). He blessed us with health in the years behind us, a home and we never fell short of anything. For this we can only thank God for His abundance of blessings. How many people in the world can say this? During our marriage we visited many (third world) countries, and upon our returns it always humbled us how God is looking after us, undeserved blessings, each day again.

As I write this Psalm 100 comes to mind, a song of praise, joy and thanks
giving.                                                  
1Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! 2 Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! 5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Yes we did commit our ways to the Lord, although with countless short falls. We trust in Him, but even that fails at times. Despite our short falls we can only say the Lord is faithful. He will bring it to pass, whatever we have committed to Him.

And so our lives carry on like footsteps in the sand, until the tide rises and they too will be washed away in due time. I sometimes wonder if God will add more years to the 34. We pray that it be so, however when I felt so sick in the last couple of weeks I wondered at times.

I am slowly recovering from this last Chemo treatment; recovery is taking longer than the last treatments. It is still difficult to walk due to sore feet. My appetite is slowly returning and amazingly I hardly lost any weight this time.
We hope to be together on Saturday with all our children and grand children to enjoy dinner together and to thank God for His countless blessings. On October 25 I will see my Oncologist again to get my next round of chemo. Time is going too fast now that I am off Chemo. I hope to post again after this visit.

I have posted the before and after pictures. Henrietta changed little, it's a different story for me. Fuzzy wuzzy has no hair!
Thank you for your support , cares and prayers. God be with you and bless you.
John

October 20, 1977

October 20, 2011