Seven Years

     Today is our seven year anniversary. We both agreed that it seems impossible that it's been seven years. However, each of my pregnancies seemed to last at least fourteen and a half months, so when I think of it from that perspective, I can count up the seven years pretty easily. Anthony and I aren't typically too sentimental, but we did enjoy reminiscing a bit throughout this past week. And today's church service ended with "Great Is Thy Faithfulness." We sang this hymn at our wedding, so I considered it pretty perfect timing. The words seem even truer to me today than they did seven years ago. God has repeatedly proven to our often forgetful hearts that he is indeed unchanging, merciful, sufficient for our every need, full of lovingkindness...faithful.

   

 

 

 

     Our family has undergone many changes over our seven years together. We are thankful to God for his many good gifts. And we are more thankful still for the reality that He has not changed a bit. As He has been, He forever will be.

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;

There is no shadow of turning with Thee;

Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;

As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,

Sun, moon and stars in their courses above

Join with all nature in manifold witness

To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth

Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;

Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,

Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!