This evening was absolutely wonderful. Our church, Dayspring Assembly of God, had a valentines' banquet at one of our local country clubs. Russ and I went, as did @70 other couples. We had dinner, a short word from our Senior Pastor, a duet from our Young Adults Pastor and his wife (From This Moment On.....it was beautiful), and renewing of our wedding vows. Russ and I have only been married five and a half years, but this was absolutely beautiful. There's is something really special about sharing vows again after you've already shared some years of married life together. Those vows have so much more meaning now. And speaking of more meaning, I sang after the wedding vows. I sang the same song I sang to Russ at on wedding day, 9/18/99....."Grow Old With Me" by John Lennon. Have you ever really heard the words?
"Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be. Now our time has come; we will be as one. God bless our love, God bless our love. Grow old along with me, two branches of one tree. Face the setting sun when the day is done. God bless our love, God bless our love. Sharing our lives together, man and wife together; world without end, it's a world without end. (Now here's the part that really got to me).....Grow old along with me, whatever God decrees, we will see it through for our love is true, God bless our love, God bless our love." What got to me so much more today than it did five and one half years ago? When I sang this to Russ the first time, we didn't have an Isaac, or a troubled pregnancy with Isaac, or two miscarriages, or even a blessed little Emma. God truly HAS blessed our love, whatever He has decreed. And, with God's help, we have seen it through. I cried while I sang it tonight....I didn't cry at our original wedding. I loved this evening. We even have a wedding renewal certificate. It will take a place of special meaning in our house. I thank God for my husband, for he's a gift......and for our entire life together, from 1999 to now, and for eternity. Thank you, Lord, for the best Valentine's Day I've ever had. I look into the Russ' eyes, and into the eyes of my beautiful children, and that's all the hearts and flowers and candy I'll ever need.
By the way, Maggie, the precious canine friend I wrote about previously, is gone now. God, take care of her, and bless her life in eternity. Think that's silly? I don't. God promises that if we follow hard after Him, He will give us the desires of our heart. My desire is to have my pets with me in Heaven, and I believe that Maggie, along with others I could name......lots of others.......will be waiting there for me someday. Please excuse the typos in my previous posting. It was kind of hard to type those words.......
More later....
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