I have, bar none, the world’s greatest in-laws. From day one, when I kept their daughter from going home for Christmas, through my four in-patient psych hospital stays, through five moves in ministry and now one onto disability, they have supported not just their daughter and grandchildren, but our marriage and family as well.
I don’t think I would have shown such patience. In fact, I know myself well enough to say with confidence I would not have. I fear I am bound to take sides, to unknowingly drive wedges into the marriages of my children rather than helping cement their bonds. It takes great wisdom and faith to let go and trust that God is in control of our marriages, to let our children make decisions we may think are not the best for them and love them into new ways of relating and building relationships.
I hope and pray that by the time my children marry I will have learned a few lessons from my in-laws and that I can be half as supportive as they have been in our marriage.
They are even helping us with our move!
Family is all that matters, in the end.
My thoughts and prayers to you and your family…
The Pistol fires back: Thank you and thanks for dropping by.
I like the new format. Blogger has done me one too many times and I have looked at wordpress myself. Very professional looking.
The Pistol fires back: I’ve been very happy with WordPress. I was very fortunate to have stumbled onto them when I began blogging two years ago.
It’s good to have light(s) aka great inlaws in times of trouble.
Peace to you, Pete. I’ll say a prayer for you.
The Pistol fires back: Thank you. I certainly believe in the power of prayer.
Can you update to my new blog??
The Pistol fires back: As soon as I can get to it, I’ll give it a shot.