No mere human can see down the corridor of time. God has no need to, as He is above time and He wrote the story in the first place. He does from time to time reveal future events to His people. When Lisa and I married nine years ago today we did not know what the future would hold. I did not marry her because I wanted the future I envisioned with her. I married her because whatever future lay before me, I wanted it to be lived with her.
Through these nine years we have had our share of hard providences, events and challenges I would not have chosen for myself. If, however, I could go back in time and select from a life of ease and comfort apart from Lisa, or a road filled with sharp curves, gaping potholes and all the hardships of the Oregon Trail, but with Lisa, there would be no real choice. Give me Lisa.
For nine years we have followed, side by side, as the Sower leads us toward the true and eternal promised land. We have drunk bitter waters, and we have beheld His astonishing miracles. The glory, however, is that we have done these things together.
I could hear, as I have done in other places, extol the virtues of my wife. I could celebrate and herald her amazing gifts. I am deeply grateful for all of them. But what I rejoice in is that she has stuck with me, she remains beside me, that we go together into whatever future lies before us. We do not know what the future holds. But we are loved by the One who holds it. And through it, by His grace and for His glory, we will hold each other.