“A faithful marriage is built on God’s faithfulness.”
Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – June 2, 2025
She is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? Malachi 2:15
Today is our 46th wedding anniversary. Rita and I wed at 19, wow, really? How can that be? We did not have a clue, just a whole lot of love and physical/emotional energy! But God. But God, in His grace, gave us other couples a few steps ahead, who could help us head off decisions detrimental to our relational health. Even with wise mentors, we still had our share of shame and suffering from immature acts and a lack of communication skills. Yet, we kept leaning into the Lord and each other. We had to learn to stop trying to change one another into our likeness and instead invite Christ to transform our individual selves into His likeness, and, in the process, draw closer to Him and to each other. We celebrate, not a perfect marriage, but a marriage that our perfect Savior and Lord Jesus Christ is perfecting. A marriage celebration full of love and forgiveness. As we celebrate, I am grateful for a marriage of faithfulness, forgiveness, and fun!
They don’t sell greeting cards for the kind of love that’s lasted 46 years. How could they? It’s too layered, too complex—like a novel you can’t put down, with chapters of heartbreak and hilarity, sometimes on the same page. When I look at one of our long-term marriage mentors, Charlie and Patty, I don’t see the airbrushed romance of movies. I see two people who’ve worn grooves into each other’s lives—like favorite chairs that bear the imprint of thousands of evenings.
Their faithfulness isn’t the rigid loyalty of perfection; it’s the stubborn choice to keep turning toward each other when the world offers easier options. It’s Patty caring for Charlie during and after his heart surgery, not because she felt heroic, but because—as she puts it—”Where else would I be?” It’s Charlie still writing her a love note, five decades after the first one. Their forgiveness isn’t immediate or photogenic. It sometimes arrives after doors have slammed and silent treatments have stretched too long. But it always comes. “You can’t sustain a grudge and a marriage simultaneously,” Charlie told me once. “Eventually, one has to go.” And the fun? That’s their secret weapon. The spontaneous living room dances to songs from their youth. The inside jokes are so ancient that only they remember the punchlines. The way Charlie still tries to make Patty smile and laugh in inappropriate settings. Their love isn’t perfect—it’s better than that. It’s weathered and worn and wonderful, like a map crossed with countless journeys. It’s two people who don’t just finish each other’s sentences, but who’ve helped write each other’s stories. That’s what a marriage dancing for decades looks like: not one grand romance, but thousands of small choices to love again today. But their most foundational element is built on God’s faithfulness.
When you understand you’re loved by a God who never abandons, never grows bored, never withholds forgiveness—you gain courage to love each other the same way. Hard seasons become bearable because your commitment isn’t built on feelings that fluctuate but on promises that don’t. Together you learn to pray, “Lord, show us how You love when we’ve forgotten how.” You celebrate anniversaries not just of your wedding, but of answered prayers and unexpected provisions along the way. The miracle isn’t finding someone perfect—it’s allowing an imperfect love to be continuously transformed by the One who invented love itself. Your marriage becomes not just a relationship, but a divine dance with God who always keeps His word.
Prayer
Lord, help me remain faithful in heart, word, and deed to the one I vowed to love. Strengthen our bond with grace, patience, and joy rooted in Your covenant love. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Application
What area of your marriage needs extra grace and forgiveness?
Related Reading
Proverbs 5:18-19; 1 Corinthians 7:2-3; Ephesians 5:25; Hebrews 13:4
Worship Resource
Charity Gayle: Great is His Faithfulness
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