75. Wala ka sa Lolo ko. For him, husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church.

27 December 2020
Concerning Married Life

1 Corinthians 7
33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife.
34b But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband.

My wife Marlou and I celebrated our wedding anniversary this 23 December 2020; we have been married for 36 years.

The Word of God concerning married life.

Instructions for Christian Households
Ephesians 5
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

Genesis 2
23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

To commemorate our special day, I compiled my first 31 blogs into a Bible Devotional, and shared it electronically with family and friends as an anniversary token and Christmas present.


“23 December 1984....The day the Lord has made; we rejoice and are glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)

....endearing 36 years.... because of the..... enduring love of God.

Happy Anniversary!!! Hon Dearest @Marlou Gonzales....I love you with all my heart.

I thank the Lord for His Gift to me in you. The Lord has been so good to me and our family all these years.

To family, friends and benefactors, the Lord continue to bless you, for everyone of you is a blessing. From the bottom of my heart, maraming maraming salamat.

Those long years....2000 -2005.....years of famine and severe affliction....I never thought I would again dress up in a suit like in 1984, yet I did six years ago....no sign of going through great adversity..... sharing pictures....along with one of our Dear Pastor Clem Guillermo.

Lord, great is Thy faithfulness. Your compassions never fail, they are new every morning. (Lamentations 3:22-23) Amen.

I cannot ask for more. I could have been dead about 16 years ago.

Psalm 118
18 The Lord has chastened me severely,
    but he has not given me over to death.

God's grace is truly amazing. The Lord restored my health, my life, allowed me to see my children's children.

Children’s children are a crown to the aged,
    and parents are the pride of their children. (Proverbs 17:6)

Nowadays, life is modest; I would liken myself to a tentmaker. (Acts 18:3)

I have been through the worst, anything else is better. Everything is a bonus.

Lord Jesus Christ, blessed be Your Name, Your Name be glorified. Amen.

Psalm 118
17 I will not die but live,
 and will proclaim what the Lord has done.”

I paused after blog #74 to come up with the said Bible Devotional, and had started transcribing (from my notes) my tribute to Marlou during her 60th Birthday this 17 July 2020, for blog purposes on the top passage, but was not able to complete it; it must be meant to be for a future blog.

Dear Family and Friends, let me share something very personal.

During the start of the pandemic, Marlou for at least 2 times experienced passing out (hyperventilating due to anxiety aggravated by menopausal syndrome), telling me, Hon okay na kuhanin na ako ng Panginoon, tutal ayos na naman lahat ang mga bata.

During those moments of near death experience ni Marlou, sabi niya dalahin ko siya ospital. Pero pandemic nga, at kami lang dalawa. So, having been through near death experiences myself, sabi ko kay Marlou, deep breathing lang, ipahinga ang katawan and let just moments of passing out pass. Makatulog siya and later will wake up recharged. I have gone through that, having contracted Stevens-Johnson syndrome in 2008 when I had prostate biopsy, had UTI and developed severe allergy to Co-trimazaxole.

Those moments myself seeing Marlou helpless, and myself helpless if I would need to bring her to the hospital, kind of made me really tender with words with Marlou.


It must be touching for Marlou to hear me say sweet nothings, she would view the tribute video several times.

She would say, we had our second honeymoon... exchanging sweet nothings.

I would say couples, married couples, who both experience near death moments would have tender words like sweet nothings for each other that could sound corny, but there could be no other way to say such sincere concern for each other.

Husbands cherish every moment with your wives, surely the Lord will bless you for that.

Hindi po ako takusa.

One day my children's children will say, wala ka sa Lolo ko; for him, husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church.

Marriage is a gift of God.

The Lord bless your marriage. Amen.







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