When I read what the topic would be this month for Marriage Monday, I had to stop and chuckle to myself. The reason why is because I instantly thought to myself, "I am married to the funniest human being that I know but I have no way to even begin to describe that to others...especially before they begin to think that we are both crazy!" How would I ever do justice to my very sweet, but extremely funny husband in the paragraphs of the blog post topic? Well, I haven't met any challenge that I didn't face head on, so here it goes...
My marriage to some may appear well seasoned, as in "many years spent together". Rob and I are comfortable together. We both get on each other's nerves sometimes, but no more than any other married couple. We love each other dearly. Our hearts are knit tightly together. We fit together....we wear well, like a great pair of Isotoners. But, in all actuality, we have only been together since 2005, married in 2006 and are now in our 4th year together. But, to only be in our 4th year, we have experienced some extremely trying times for those who have only just begun a marriage together. These times were not exactly "humorous" times, but it has been humor that has had a vital part of taking the "sting" out of our circumstances.
You see, very early in our first year of marriage, Rob had a relapse with his arthritis, to the point that he was in constant pain. In 1979 he was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, with which he suffered extensively for a very long time. He later went into a remission of sorts and was even able to go on to play football and then later join the Army. After being in the Army several years and then coming out, he experienced a relapse with the arthritis, which has really never left him since. In 2006, though, it seemed to come at him with a vengeance. It was then three months after our first anniversary that we were told that it was inevitable that Rob would have to undergo a total right hip replacement...and fast. His hip had been virtually destroyed by the arthritis to the point that he was in imminent danger of breakage if it was not done. As hard of a pill as this was to swallow at first, we knew that we had to face it head on. Being that we both like to joke with each other and laugh and cut up, I honestly had no idea how we were going to be able to find any humor or any laughs in what was about to come our way. There were so many nights of sheer torturous pain that Rob went through prior to surgery that I believe laughing was the furthest thing from my mind. It was only after surgery (and a very successful one at that) I was able to finally see the true (pain free) sheepishly sweet smile of my constantly mischievous husband again. His humor is what brings light to our marriage. Yes, there are times that I would like to ring his neck (not literally....it's just a southern phrase). But, I can assure you, before I have even been able to complete the thought of a good old fashioned "neck ringin'", Rob has usually done something so hysterically funny that I can't help but laugh at him. Our laughter makes us forget those tough times, hard days and the world in general. The Lord has truly blessed us with each other....when we have nothing else, we have God and we have each other. I think I can speak for Rob when I say that we don't have any regrets about the difficult circumstances that we have had to overcome in such a short time. What we do have, though, is a marriage filled with the Lord, mixed with lots of laughter and enough love to last many lifetimes over. God has been so gracious to us in the knitting together of our hearts. The threads that He so carefully chose to knit our hearts so tightly together with (Ephesians 5:31) are not only strong in their bond but are laced with humor, love and laughter (Psalm 126). They are also threads that can never be severed by anything but death (Ruth 1:16-17).
I thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for my funny, goofy, sweet smiling husband. I can't make it a day on this earth without those special laughs that we share. Thank you Lord. I couldn't have searched the ends of the earth and found anyone better. As I have said many times before, aside from my Bible, Rob is my greatest earthly treasure.
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