Well, today’s the day: 40 years!

And as I look back over them, I am so thankful for the countless blessings that have attended us along the way, through the joys, through the sorrows, through the tears, through the laughter, and, yes, through losing Liverpool more times than I can even begin to count….

Thank You, Lord, for my beautiful and sweet wife, her smile, her music, her industriousness, her ability to whip up feasts for who knows how many people in a matter of minutes…

Thank You, Lord, for our sweet children, for Lauren and for David and for Rebekah…

Thank You, Lord, for the godly spouses you have granted them: for Dean and for Meaghan and for Andy…

Thank You, Lord for each one of our grandchildren: for Kloe, Sawyer, Annabelle, Lydia, Flynn, Henry, Felicity, Oliver, Evangeline, Griffin, and Chancellor…

Thank You, Lord, for our parents, for Stuart and Mildred, for Dave and Jo, and for the years of their love and nurture, and thank you for allowing us to still be enjoying Dave’s presence, even as we cherish the others’ memories…

Thank You, Lord, for the dear friends you have never failed to provide us both through the years…

Thank You, Lord, for the parishes we’ve been part of and all the wonderful members of God’s family we’ve come to know and treasure…

Thank You, Lord, for the joy of making this pilgrimage in each other’s company, and always looking forward to whatever adventure awaits around the next bend in the road…

Thank You, Lord, above all for giving us Yourself to be our Savior, for being the Forgiveness of all our many sins, and the Destruction of death itself; and for preparing for us a place in the home to which we are journeying, where we shall see Your face with our own eyes, and sing our praises to You unto the ages of ages...

Glory to God! Glory to God for all things!