• Pastor Gerrit Mes of the AFM Pentecostal Fellowship writes:
I don’t feel old, but the other day I realised that my wife and I have been married for 42 years.
With statistics as high as five out of ten marriages ending in divorce, 42 seems to be a great achievement. How did we do it? The simple answer, I don’t really know. Looking back over our lives, we see God’s hand on our lives. Stopping to think about our marriage, a few things came to me.
1) We have always stayed friends. We laugh a lot and we can talk about almost anything until midnight.
2) When we face problems, we do it together. Solving challenges is easier when two people are on the same side.
3) We forgive. Unforgiveness does not solve anything.
4) For us, family is important. Birthdays, Christmas or any other excuse to eat together. We love food. As family we make time for each other.
5) God is an important part of our lives as individuals and as a couple. In our busy lives, we make, as a priority, a ten minutes devotion every day.
6) We often express appreciation. My mom taught me the power and importance of saying “dankie”.
7) No secrets. She has access to my account and I to hers. She can pick up my cell phone and I hers at any time.
Due to the length of this article, I will stop here. But why don’t you take a pen and paper and make your own list. If we could do it, 42 years, so can you.
PS. Keep it simple and sincere.
• Contact Pastor Mes on 087 802 5752.
