March 30, 2015
Tonight, four Thompson households signed a copy of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
Signers:
Renee Thompson (upper left)
Bianca Thompson (middle left)
Silas Thompson (lower left)
David Thompson (lower right)
Emily Thompson (middle right)
Shirley Thompson (upper right)
Paul Thompson (photographer)
Today is my parents’ 53 wedding anniversary.
It is clearer to me today than ever before of what a picture of enduring love looks like.
It’s more romantic than storybook fables and youthful infatuation filled with dreams of grandeur.
It’s more romantic than a white picket fence around a dream house.
It’s more romantic than a passport filled with vacations stamps from get-a-way locations around the world.
It’s like this picture… A picture of two real people. Two real people who have sought to live their days in the light of gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Two people bound by a covenant they made to each other and guarding that union to let no one tear apart or destroy. Two people obeying their God for better or worse, in sickness or good health, regardless of riches or poverty. A man and a woman following through to completion of what God joined together.
Happy Anniversary.
I suppose it matters to all grammarians, but my greater questions when I look at a picture like this with my mom are…
Where did we get those white belts? They may need to make a comeback.
Did we all have the same barber?
Has dad ever not had that facial hair?
Did that dog ever get brushed?
Happy Mother’s Day, mom!
Left to Right: Paul, Shirley, Lesley, Clyde, Mark, (front, Spacey) circa: mid to late 1970s Rifle, Colorado
