It has such a powerful message & I'm positive that it will bless & touch all those who are open to it. I don't want to give the movie away but the main point (to me) of it is that God should be the center of every relationship.
Marriage is a serious committment & is meant to be forever. Not every couple takes it seriously & not every marriage makes it to forever. Obviously I haven't been married long enough to really have an opinion on it (5 months) but my parents are an EXCELLENT example. They celebrated their 23rd anniversary in April of this year. These days, that's unheard of. I'm young to be married, I'm aware of that. I was 20 years old the day I said "I do" & he was 27. We're the same age difference as my parents. Maybe that'll be our little good luck charm ;). I may only be 21 & yes, I know there is a certain stigma attached to someone who marries young but I'm the exception.
My marriage is different. It's not "normal" (whatever that is). For me to be 21 AND a newlywed, I'm living that oh so very stressful but rewarding active duty military lifestyle that will move me 800+ miles & 12 hours away from everything I've ever known & the husband is deployed. It's not easy. Our relationship is easy, but our situation is not. I've always heard that "the first year is the hardest". Shoot, I believe it. By the time our one year anniversary rolls around, we will have survived a 6 month deployment, being seperated for 9 months, and missing out on all our first major holidays. Jealous?
Loving him is easy. Dealing with him being gone is not. It's rough. It sucks. On my way to church one Sunday, Q said "Baby, make sure you say a prayer for me". That took me for a spin. Although I know he prays & that he believes in God, his request caught me off guard though. It reminded me so much of Fireproof & how prayer changes things. He's having just as much of a hard time as I am. I know he misses me. Not just because he tells me all the time, but I can tell by the way he talks to me. Q is the loving type, not to the point where it's suffocating, but enough for me to appreciate. I never had that. It's one of the million things I love about that man. He's completely selfless when it comes to our marriage. I couldn't ask for more.
One of the lines from Fireproof is "You never leave your partner, especially in a fire". The "fire" in our case, would be this Navy lifestyle. I have no intentions of leaving him and he has no intentions of leaving me. Our lives will be all about the military for at least 12 more years. Love, faith, prayer, & trust is the key ingredients to a successful marriage. We have all of the above. We love each other unconditionally & across thousands of miles & blue oceans. We have faith in our God & our relationship. We pray for each other & us as a couple. Trust, we trust each other no matter how good, bad, or ugly it gets.
Q & I are blessed to have a marriage that is "fireproof". I believe that with my whole heart. "....may the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other." Genesis 31:49
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