In two short days we’ll celebrate twenty-eight years of wedded love between us.
We married on Sweetest Day one crisp afternoon in October when our lives and the seasons were changing harmoniously together with the brushstrokes of fall color as our portrait background.
Ever since our wedding day on October 15, 1994, each day as husband and wife has tasted sweeter than the day before.
HAND IN HAND thru the years, we’ve faced whatever came our way while holding onto each other; as two are better than one.
Locking arms with God, we’ve completed our three stranded cord not easily broken against the fiercest winds life can hurl across your bare face.
Two are better than one…
Ecclesiastes 4:9 NIV
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 NIV
HAND IN HAND as we cross the threshold of marriage milestones, we look to our left and once again to our right and give thanks for the cloud of witnesses who’ve walked alongside, cheering and encouraging us in the Lord thru the years, while the third strand of our three-stranded cord has been faithfully holding us close to Himself.
HAND IN HAND thru the years at the altar, we’ve stood in agreement for the power of God in our lives; clinging to desperate prayers that the curious eyes of our grandchildren are watching and grabbing hold of the marriage example their Papa and Gaga are setting before them, however imperfect we are.
For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.
Matthew 18:30 NIV
HAND IN HAND in marriage we laugh and enjoy the lightheartedness of those unexpected moments one didn’t see coming.
God gave us the ability to smile, to grin, to find humor in the “nothings” and enjoy an abundance of laughter which takes your breath away ‘till it hurts.
HAND IN HAND thru the years you’ll find yourself dancing to the silent music played from the phonograph of your love story, swaying back and forth to the heartbeat of two people crazy about the other.
The teacup of what we share together spills over and splashes into the cups and saucers of others close enough and wanting what you have.
HAND IN HAND with family, we pray our children and grandchildren hold onto each other and continue the traditions we’ve built with them beyond the presence of our lives.
May each and every one of our grandchildren hold tight to the love we’ve poured into them…
May they be the biggest cheerleaders for each other as we have sitting in the grandstands of their lives…
May they walk HAND IN HAND along the pathways to their God-given purpose, because…
Two are better than one…
Ecclesiastes 4:9 NIV
Thru the years, may the bridge between those miles which separate addresses always be a two-way street, leaving the light on in the window as a welcome mat for every unsuspecting knock on the door.
Twenty-eight years ago we walked down a wedding isle into a dream come true.
A fairy-tale we didn’t expect to be ours, yet still thanking God for the sleeping one we smile and gaze upon in the middle of the night after all these years.
Marriage will always be for keeps when you refuse to let go of the hand you promised to hold for a lifetime.
In looking behind us, I thank you David for twenty-eight glorious wedding anniversaries we’ve shared together.
With the world before us, there’s still much to be discovered as husband and wife.
I can’t imagine anyone I’d rather share my life with,
Than HAND IN HAND thru the years
With You…
