We Never Thought It Would Be Any Different

Young and crazy when they first met;

 now their boys share the same excitement.

They were totally in love with Jesus, fishing for men...

...ready to take on the world.

Carpooling to early class, both sharing struggles and troubles.

Holding each other accountable, struggling through ministry, "stuff".

They ask each other then,  "Why didn't we do this more when we were close?"

 

And they agree... "We never thought it would be any different." 

 

...  "For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,  being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,  and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. "

 1 Colossians 1:9-14

Blessed,