My wife and I went to a 65th wedding anniversary party for a couple from our church - Lewis and Vivian.
They were 21 and 19 when they were married.
Lewis was in the Navy at the end of WWII and was on a ship off the coast of Okinawa during and after the Battle of Okinawa. After the war, he worked for the Great Northern Railway which after a series of mergers became the BNSF.
He:
Is a Christian going back to his youth
He served his country in WWII
Raised a family in church
Had a successful career
And as his crowning achievement celebrated 65 years of marriage
He told me that when he was married, his father-in-law told him that he would not amount to anything.
It seems easy to criticize the next generation. Perhaps we should remember that there was a generation who criticized us!
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My wife and I went to a 65th wedding anniversary party for a couple from our church - Lewis and Vivian.
They were 21 and 19 when they were married.
Lewis was in the Navy at the end of WWII and was on a ship off the coast of Okinawa during and after the Battle of Okinawa. After the war, he worked for the Great Northern Railway which after a series of mergers became the BNSF.
He:
He told me that when he was married, his father-in-law told him that he would not amount to anything.
It seems easy to criticize the next generation. Perhaps we should remember that there was a generation who criticized us!
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