Approaching Seattle

We got into Seattle yesterday after leaving Ellensburg around 9 am. The timing was great as Ellensburg is just on the east side of the mountain ranges we went through before coning into Seattle. The drive from Spokane to Ellensburg was amazing. The interstate highway here is as good of a highway I have ever seen. The geography is basically flat and you can see thousands of acres of farmland. Just beatiful! No way I can explain as it is nothing like Sask or even Alberta?? Just outside of Ellensburg we crossed the Columbia River. The interstate comes in along side of the valley at about 1500 ft (I think) and before the bridge at a look-out there is a amazing view of the valley,river, and a wind farm on the foothills of the mountains. Awsome!

In our marriage of 25 years, I guess I would have to say that if a person is not willing to accept change in our spouse, either in the way they act or maybe even in their outer appearance.....you will never make it. Often couples are determined to stay in the present and even may try to go back to the past to remain satisfied. I have found that much like God's creation changes as you travel the country, so too does your marriage. God instructs us to remain fruitful and productive in everything we do. John 15:1-8. We are to remain in him and he will remain in us. God will prune us so we can be productive. Let's face it, we can never stay young forever. Our marriages can never remain in neutral so to speak. The honeymoon of our marriages, as they were can never remain the way it was. So when Gaylene and I decided to let God prune us and shape us to the couple he wanted us to be,we gave in to our desires to try to change each other. Every marriage, and ours is not the exemption, has challenges. We struggle at different times and may even go through dry times. But if we are willing to remain rooted in Him and allow Him to do the pruning,(as if I could ever prune Gaylene!) then when change happens we will always be able to accept our spouse including their flaws and shortcomings. Allowing change to occur in our marriage is reason number three we are still married.