Originally posted on Facebook on Friday, November 18, 2022.

Marriage is the awesome and intricate process of God making two, one.

You don't get to 21 years of marriage accidentally, nor do you get there alone.

In celebration of this year's anniversary, Melissa and I visited our mentors, Pearson and Pepper Liddell who not only ministered to us during our stay but demonstrated hospitality in the most biblical sense. They opened their beautiful home in Hawaii to us and even provided a car for us to use. They anticipated our every need, even down to beach chairs and water bottles. We were wonderfully cared for and lacked no good thing.

They keep schooling us on how our homes and the picture of marriage are used to reflect God's character and to demonstrate how He loves. Through their marriage ministry we've made lifelong friends that, to this day, are people we call for help with this wonderful ministry and mystery called marriage. That community and accountability has been vital to the health of our marriage. As a result, Melissa and I are significantly closer to being one than when we began.

So, on this anniversary we give thanks for 21 years of marriage and for every person that helped to get us there.