August 18, 2013

Exodus 30:34-35 — And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

It is our wedding anniversary today, so perhaps it is natural that my thoughts were pulled this way as I contemplated today’s devotion.
The verse at the head is not usually applied to a wife, but it reminded me of the little children’s nursery rhyme (“What are little girls made of? Sugar, and spice, and all things nice. That’s what little girls are made of”) as Myra and I fell to talking this morning of what we loved about
each other.

Another thing happened in our devotions this morningmthat confirmed once again my often shared belief that God has a sense of humor! Like many people we use a Bible that helps us read all of scripture in a year — something from the Old Testament, something from the New, something from Psalms and a Proverb or two. One of today’s proverbs was one of those that always make me feel Solomon has been having a bad day in the women’s quarters – ” Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.”
I am blessed that Myra is more like a Proverbs 31 wife than any of those Solomon complains about — but I sometimes think one of the wives should have written an answering volume. What do you think would have been in Mrs. Solomon’s Proverbs?

I encourage any lady readers pick up Mrs. Solomon’s pen!

Don’t let any of this make you think that we don’t take our marriage seriously. We committed it to The Lord, and He is an essential third partner in our relationship. We try hard to apply Biblical principles and talk regularly about what’s happening between us. At the root, there are a few things that make all the difference …

Do those seem like a few easy principles? Well, I suppose they are easy to write down, but they took a lot of learning, and quite a bit of biting of the tongue in the early days of our marriage. What I can say now, though, is that the non-stop practice has brought priceless blessings.
Happy anniversary my darling, and thank you!