…”and they all lived happily ever after”
that’s what we what…all of us
it doesn’t matter how many disney movies you grew up watching
or romance novels you snuck and curled up in a chair with
or pop love songs you can a decade later sing by heart as soon as you hear the melody on your car radio
Happily Ever After
after what?
after you got what you wanted
what you wrestled, cajoled, angled, seduced, or prayed for
but it is evitable
once you have it
it does not fill up and expand all those nooks and cracks
but that’s the point
life is in the wrestling, cajoling, angling, seducing, praying
life is meant to be pursued
and then the slow realization begins to dawn like a thick fog burned away by a glorious sunshine:
pursue the good, the pleasure, the needs of others
and your own Happily Ever After cup begins to slop over and dribble down & when it gets down the dregs time and time again know it will get filled up again
because after all the permanent state of Happily Ever After is only found in Heaven
stop.
Glad to be linking up with Lisa Jo Baker’s Five Minute Friday again after a couple of busy-no-time-for-blogging-link-up- Fridays.
Cheers.
“life is meant to be pursued” so true! I love how you used this prompt to refresh our perspective. Happy Ever After is not something we just sit back and receive. Foretastes of it come to those willing to serve…
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It’s too bad this was a five minute writing exercise. I would love to see this idea expanded a little more.
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What a good exhortation, Leah! It’s easy to forget that even in marriage, there’s work to be done to keep that romance alive. All of life to be lived in hot pursuit. And “when it gets down to the dregs time and time again know it will get filled up again.” Yes, a good word for me. To keep it up, and God will fill it up.
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Yes, it is surely in giving that we receive. I really believed my husband would be “it.” Nothing, no one is it…nothing, no one can fill…but Jesus!!!
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This might be an all time favorite blog of yours in my book. Love the photo, and your thoughts are excellent and excellently said. Hmmm…. excuse me while I share this…..
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Ok, first of all… who are those supermodels in the photo? Is that you and your hubby? You are gorgeous!! And smart! And inspiring! And you left kind words to sooth my guilt on my blog MANY months ago that were very needed (when I was overwhelmed with life and just couldn’t keep up my blog… in fact I entirely avoided Blogland altogether). Thank you!! I’m so sorry to just barely be saying thanks. I did stop by (your old blog) several times to say thanks and see what you were up too, but I don’t know what happened. Well actually, what tends to happen is I start reading a post, then jump to another one, then follow a link elsewhere and then I forgot what I was doing in the 1st place! Happens more often than I’d care to admit! lol!
Anyway… I love this post. How true it is, and how I needed to read this at this time. I love the way you write, and how you let the truth spill out onto the page. I’m really glad I stopped by.
Thank you for being you!
xoxoEsther
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Oh, and I love the look of your new blog! It looks quite nice! And that photo of the laundry line at the top is perfect!
xoE
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Awww lovely pic Leah. Family life is a constant a work in progress, but it’s nice to share it with a loving mate, isn’t it?
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