Today we had the awesome privilege to participate in the 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration of my friends Mr. & Mrs. “T”. They met when he returned from the Korean War. He says, “I saw her and I was done looking.” She agreed. Two and a half weeks later, they were married.
During the celebration he sang two songs to her, and they renewed their vows to love and cherish each other and to continue trusting God for their future.
I shared the poem below that I wrote for my parents who celebrated their 50th Anniversary a few years ago. God has truly blessed us with the example of His Servants from that generation. May we be found faithful, as they have been, to pass the flame along to the next generation.
Fifty Years or So Ago
Fifty Years or so ago, you looked into her eyes
You fell for her so quickly, it took you by surprise
You knew that very moment that your heart she came to own,
and your love for her has only grown since fifty years or so ago
Fifty years or so ago, he walked into your life;
And from a shy and sweet “hello”, you dreamed to be his wife.
The urgent dropped to incidental; true love had made it so.
His life become your focus, fifty years or so ago.
To tell your impact on our lives, as the children of your love
defies the confines of this verse and the ability of words.
Our faith & families, homes & jobs, the way we see our world,
Is all because your love God granted, fifty years or so ago.
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3 comments:
That is beautiful.
I love reading your stories. You should write one of those books like the "Chicken Soup" books.
Maybe after a year or so on here, I'll have enough material. :)
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