Speaking of marriage and friendship, I just came across this church bulletin blooper which read, "Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days."

Sadly, this is all too true of many marriages. But not so with ours. Since early on in our courtship and continuing till the present day, Mary Lee and I have been the best of friends in the true sense of the word. We have always loved spending our time together and facing our problems together, and making our decisions together. We have a practice of never speaking an ill word about the other behind each other's backs to others. We have so much fun together and often laugh about how much we laugh together, not only about things that amuse us both, but also about silly mistakes that we make. We think so much alike thatwe often make the same remarks about things in tandum

We laugh at ourselves, and at each other, and find it to be one of the best of medicines. There is much healing found in a joyful spirit.

And we pray together, worship together, and serve the Lord and others together. Sure, we "get in each other's hair" sometimes. But we resolve our differences during the same day, and never go to bed angry at each other. We attempt to not take ourselves so seriously that we can learn from each others example and acquired wisdom.

Do I need to apologize for being so personal and talking so much about the friendship we enjoy. Then, I would have to apologize for the intense degree of our love for each other!

"There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."

Proverbs 18:24