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This Saturday my wife and I will celebrate our 10th anniversary. It is hard to believe it has been 10 years already, time has flown by!

As I thought about the last 10 years I thought about that saying you always hear after just getting married. You know the “oh just wait til the honeymoon years are over.” We heard that over and over, that after the honeymoon we will start to get annoyed with each other. Then we heard after the first year it will happen. Then we heard after the first few years it will happen.

Well I am happy to say that after 10 years we enjoy each other more than when we got married (I confirmed with her to make sure I was not the only one who felt that way ) And not just in a friendship way, I mean romantically as well.

It feels good to be able to say that. We talk often about how can anyone live in a marriage where they can’t say that. It is so weird for us to hear the comments made by some people about their spouses. We can’t imagine ever feeling that way.

That is certainly not how God intended marriage to work out. The honeymoon should never end! You should constantly be striving to make each other happy! And yes, that includes sexually too!

That is the person who said they would stay with you for life. Sadly that doesn’t mean as much as it used to. I know couples that have been married 10+ years that end up divorced. Usually the divide started in year one.

Tonight, look at your spouse, remember the love that prompted you to get married. Do whatever it takes to keep those same feelings alive. It makes everything else in life a whole lot easier!

So with that I leave you with this joke:

Three married couples wanted to join a church,
The first couple had been married for 20 years
The second couple had been married for 10 years
The third couple were just recently married
The Pastor tells them “We have special requirements for new members.You must abstain from having sex for two weeks."
The 3 couples agreed and came back after 2 weeks
The Pastor asks the first couple how they did, the man replied “piece of cake”
The Pastor told them “Congratulations, welcome to the church!”
The Pastor asks the second couple how they did, the man replied “it was a little tough but we made it”
The Pastor told them “Congratulations, welcome to the church!”
The Pastor asks the third couple how they did, the man replied “Well Pastor, we were not able to go without sex for the two weeks,"
"What happened?" inquired the Pastor.
"Well, we were OK for the first 2 days but then my wife was reaching for a can of corn on the top shelf and dropped it. When she bent over to pick it up, I was over come with lust and took advantage of her right there.”
The Pastor explained “You understand of course, this means you will not be welcome in our church,"
The man then replied "That’s OK, we’re not welcome at that grocery store anymore either."

May you always be the third couple! lol