GREENE STREET LETTERS: September 1, 1972

Monday, September 1, 2014

September 1, 1972

Well, sweetheart, we made it.
Another year to add to the group.
42 in all.
September 1, 1972.
Would you still have married me if you had known what this journey together was going to be like? I think maybe the answer would be "yes!"

There have been some good times.....
And we've had our share of the bad...
But the good has far outweighed them all.
One thing that has always been a part of our journey has been laughter.
We have laughed a lot. Silly things like "Ralphie" and "Buzzards"..."Flash Spider" and "The silly dance". These things won't mean much to others who read this, but I know that as you read it, Vicki, a smile has just broken across your face. That's the other thing about this journey---we've created a lot of memories. I think this is the greatest token God can give a marriage...memories. They bond us together and remind us of the distance we've covered since September 1, 1972.

God has covered us with much Grace over the last 20 years.
Together we have submitted to His call and have seem Him do some pretty incredible things, have we not?
Do you remember when we started this journey with Him when He told us we could have either His blessings, or we could have Him as our portion. We thought it was a trick questions,but it wasn't. We chose Him as our portion, and have totally relied on Him over these past 20 years. Time and time again, together we have seen Him move on our prayers and provide for us in ways that seemed impossible.

I have watched you grow and mature into this incredible godly woman. I have seen God put in you a strength and resilience that is taking you through some hard times. I have seen you embrace the call that God has given to you and meet every challenge head on. Looking To God for everything you need to see this call all the way to the end.

You always tell me that God created you to give to me.
And that I was created to be your husband. All I know is that He has kept us and blessed us. The most satisfying part of this journey has been that you are still my best friend. You are still my lover and confidant. And, as our song so aptly states.........You're still the one.

Happy Anniversary, Vicki!
Let's do another 42...What do you say?

God on you.....
mb

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Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

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We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Monday, September 1, 2014

September 1, 1972

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