Anniversaries

I've come such a long way, crossed so many bridges, found my light at the end of the tunnel, have new and exciting possibilities for the future opened up to me now.......yet still I am reminded of my "one thing" that gets me every time. When I hear of couples celebrating a 25+ anniversary, that old self-pity rears its ugly head once again. I know, I know, I'm supposed to "rejoice with those who rejoice", but at these times I'd rather everyone else "weep with those who weep" (namely me!). I'll never have the joy of "bragging" about being married 40 or 50 or 60 years. Why does that bother me so? Ok, yeah, I don't want to have to admit this, but it's probably the old "P" word - pride. I continue to be hit upside the head with how much that factors into my life on a daily basis. So I will just have to keep fighting it, and pray that the Lord keeps showering those "new mercies" on me each morning, and that He will keep me looking forward and not backward. Or rather, that He'll just keep me looking at Him. Because in eternity, I'll be right there rejoicing and celebrating Him with all those who were married forever as well as those whose marriages didn't turn out as planned, like mine. And none of that will even matter one bit!