One from two

Rarely do I write in rhyme.  It is never intentional when words pour forth in that way, but inspired, I believed.

I share these words, written to my Rick years ago, as today we complete thirteen years of marriage and step, still hand in hand into the plans God has for us.                                                                                  

You are my fantasy and reality

having made my dreams come true 

I can never love another

in the ways that I love you

My heart evermore will open

doors which you have entered in

I forget where I have ended, love

and where you now begin.

Hand in hand, my Darling

we walk a narrow road

that God has chosen for us

but it's not a heavy load

The burdens and the problems

seem lighter than a feather

when you and I and God, as one

take each step together

This is, I am certain, with a profound knowing deep in my spirit, what I was created for; to walk beside this man, joined from two into one; bound tightly by the cords of God's eternal love.

Because He Is, we are.

The Man said, “Finally! Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh!
Name her Woman for she was made from Man.”
Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh.
Genesis 2:23-24 The Message

walking with Emily and those who have been broken and redeemed

 

Random but listening

Random thoughts spin, hover and take flight
focus seems all but impossible
there is much I want to share
but it seems like I'm pulling words out of a paper bag
my thoughts look like a ransom note...

The first asparagus are pushing their way out of the ground.  Last year Faith realized how delicious they are and now we are trying to teach her that she may not eat them before we get a chance to pick them.

It's my wedding anniversary today -- 12 years ago my life became wrapped with Rick's around the core of God's love -- here again are words I wrote a few years back:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning penned: "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." Let me take a bit of creative license here and say: "Why do I thank God for Rick? Let me count the ways."

• Rick loves God above all else. That keeps his other priorities aligned.
• Rick is not afraid to say "I'm sorry"
• Rick has the same quirky sense of humour I do. We laugh often.
• Rick is a lifelong learner.
• Rick is quick to encourage and support me in whatever I believe God is asking me to do.
• Rick's bag of tricks, his knowledge and abilities fill in the gaps and compliment my own.
• Rick has a heart that has been kneaded, molded and softened by the Lord.
• Rick always finds new ways to surprise me with his kindness.
• Rick handles our finances with skill and Kingdom mindedness.
• Rick is Rick! He is exactly who God created him to be but open to the Lord's ongoing and never ending work in his life. God is taking him from glory to glory, and I get to come along for the ride.

I know without any shadow of doubt that God had His hand upon every detail of my life-to-be with Rick. If you haven't heard the story of our first face-to-face meeting you can click over and read it here.

The rains have stopped for a bit - leaving the new overgrown spring grass dry enough to cut.  I shall spend some time this afternoon riding in circles on my garden tractor,  the first mow of the new year. I will worship, and I will pray, and allow the Lord to whisper His mysteries into my heart.


Seeing Him in all that surrounds me and sharing with Jennifer and the rest