| For many people July 7, 2007 was considered a | | | | how to speak. The problem with my mother was, |
| lucky day. All across our country hundreds of | | | | she taught me how to speak but never taught |
| young couples selected this day to get | | | | me what to say. I believe this is a woman's |
| married. It had something to do with having | | | | conspiracy against men. Mothers should teach |
| three sevens in a row. Everybody knows this | | | | their sons what to say and what not to say to |
| is the epitome of luck. | | | | their wives. |
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| Actually, not everybody knew this, because I | | | | My question to my wife was a rather innocent |
| did not know it. It never occurred to me that | | | | thing, so I thought. I will not say she threw |
| a combination of certain numbers could in | | | | me a sarcastic look. She did, I just refuse |
| fact give me luck. Moreover, why the number 7 | | | | to say it in public on grounds it will |
| is lucky is beyond my imagination. Let alone, | | | | incriminate me. A husband can stand only so |
| three in a row. Why not four in a row, or | | | | much incrimination in life. |
| better yet, seven in a row? That would make | | | | |
| more sense to me. | | | | After this alleged sarcastic look my way, she |
| | | | simply said, "Ha!" |
| Obviously, the words "luck" and "sense" | | | | |
| should not be used in the same sentence. | | | | I'm not sure she thought I was making a joke |
| | | | or not, but being the astute husband that I |
| If you have luck, you don't need good common | | | | am, I pursued the thought no further. This is |
| sense. And the reverse is true, if you have | | | | what makes marriages great ... mystery. Our |
| good common sense what do you need with luck? | | | | marriage has enough mystery in it to keep |
| | | | Agatha Christie busy for 100 years. |
| But, for some reason many couples all across | | | | |
| the country believed July 7, 2007 was a lucky | | | | Luck is a very curious thing. I'm not at all |
| day to get married. I have my suspicions that | | | | sure how to define it, but I count it a lucky |
| this came from the bride's side of the | | | | day when I don't spill ketchup on my tie when |
| wedding party and not the groom's. Most | | | | eating at a restaurant. |
| grooms I know count themselves lucky to find | | | | |
| someone who will in fact marry them. And | | | | Counting on luck really doesn't add up. Luck |
| then, every groom thinks it's a lucky day | | | | comes in only two categories. Good luck and |
| when he gets through his wedding day without | | | | bad luck. |
| unduly embarrassing his new in-laws. | | | | |
| | | | This reminds me of the old "Hee Haw" song |
| I have officiated at many weddings in my | | | | that said, "If I didn't have any bad luck I |
| time. I must admit there were some couples I | | | | wouldn't have any luck at all." Much of the |
| felt could use all the luck in the world. | | | | luck in my life has all been bad. |
| Then there were, unfortunately, those couples | | | | |
| that no amount of luck in the universe was | | | | When I was younger, I had a lucky shirt. I |
| going to help them. Despite vehement | | | | wore to every ballgame I played in and it |
| objections on my part, I could not convince | | | | always brought me good luck; I never died in |
| them to call the whole thing off. They | | | | any game. Since getting married, my luck has |
| thought they were in love and that is all | | | | changed. I have not seen that shirt in 30 |
| they needed to get through life. | | | | years. I'm not blaming my wife, but I did not |
| | | | throw it out. |
| After all, love makes the world go around, | | | | |
| which may be why so many people in love are | | | | How I made it through life all these years |
| so dizzy. | | | | without my "lucky shirt," I do not know. More |
| | | | than once my wife has suggested I no longer |
| In spite of this "lucky day," statistics tell | | | | need that "lucky shirt," because she is my |
| us more than half of these marriages will end | | | | "lucky charm." I'm in no position to argue. |
| in divorce. And believe me, divorce is no | | | | |
| lucky thing, unless you're a divorce | | | | I like what the Bible has to say on these |
| attorney, who just may be behind this entire | | | | lines. |
| "lucky-day-marriage" phenomenon. | | | | |
| | | | "For we have not followed cunningly devised |
| Marriages are not built on luck, but on love | | | | fables, when we made known unto you the power |
| and lots and lots of hard work. More of the | | | | and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were |
| latter than the former, I assure you. | | | | eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received |
| | | | from God the Father honour and glory, when |
| As I was reading all of this nonsense about | | | | there came such a voice to him from the |
| "lucky day marriages," I turned to the | | | | excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in |
| Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and asked | | | | whom I am well pleased." (2 Peter 1:16-17 |
| her about this. | | | | KJV.) |
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| "Do you think our wedding day was your lucky | | | | Counting on luck is about as futile as |
| day?" | | | | counting sheep at night. When you get up in |
| | | | the morning, the sheep are gone, and that is |
| Some days I regret my mother ever taught me | | | | the way it is with luck. |