Dear Dennis and Jeanette, Congratulations, "newlyweds!!!!" 
(Gotcha beat, but only by a whole 55 weeks...)
The Lord has certainly blessed you both!!!!! You were on the right path from the start. We weren't... But the Lord has blessed us as well, in His timing.
Secrets of a long marriage?
One vows to love and honor one's spouse. We have to keep those vows. Sometimes we feel anything BUT loving towards our spouse,
but we must still act in a loving manner towards him or her. Never forget that and always act on it.
Never make divorce a reasonable option. We've had some terrible times, I admit it -- but at the end of the day, we are ONE. Thus it will be until one of us dies.
Husbands: make her feel
loved. Wives: make him feel admired. Never forget that this is the one individual on earth that God gave you ultimately to worship Him through by giving selflessly to. This surpasses even your duties to your children. I fulfill my duty to our son by treating his father well... (Even when/if you feel sometimes as though the whole shebang wasn't made in heaven but sometimes smells curiously of sulfur... 
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After we were married about 28 years, I finally figured out that my husband needs to be the head of the household and I wasn't meant to usurp that role.
Things went a lot more smoothly after that. However, his head is Christ - and that's Who's really the head of our household. May that be the case in every Christian marriage: Christ FIRST, and husband and wife in their God-given roles, serving Him and serving each other.
On the practical side, I've always tried (unless I was in a life-threatening situation, which has happened) to put him first. If a potato drops on the floor while I'm cooking, it goes on my plate, not his! Little things matter... Little things done unkindly can add up, and add up fast.
Basically, remember that the best design for marriage is Christ and His church... "Husbands, love your wife as Christ loves the church... for no man ever hated his own flesh..." "Wives, reverence your husband..." Remember that Sarah called Abraham "lord." (That still kinda sticks in my throat, but that's the general idea...
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Gotta get going to our service - but once again, congratulations to both of you! May you have at least 30 more!!!
Margaret