I stand here today
With the ones I love the most
With God's creation laid at our feet
My heart and soul shall never boast
Each man has his own gift from God
Micki you stand as mine for life
The joy I feel floods my humble being
I thank God for my precious wife
You are bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh
Our place in eternity God has prepared
I shall cleave to my wife, we are now one flesh
Gratefully in your love, Micki, I am forever ensnared
The many waters of the earth cannot quench my love
Nor will the earth's rivers overflow it
I stand here before God and man
Expressing my love's eternal committment
Micki, my prayers are for strength
To be all you need me to be
God has blessed my life with your presence
He has opened our hearts to see
The love we have for one another
Will never be matched or fade
Micki, I beg of you recieve me now
A happy man of me you have made
My vows to you are forever
Burned into my heart, soul and mind
A vow to love, honor, cherish and protect
Your being until the end of time Micki,
I don't think I will ever be able to put into words how completely in love with you I am or the way I feel about you. Since the day I met you, you have never left my thoughts. Seeing your beautiful face, hearing your sweet voice and feeling your tender touch makes my soul burst with happiness. I fall deeper in love with you each and everyday. I need you, I draw strength from you and I know God loves me when I think about us being together forever. Hand in hand, we will walk through this life with our love to lead us. I promise to always be kind, understanding, gentle, obedient, faithful, attentive, helpful, unconditionally loving and protective of what God has blessed me with. I promise to guide and protect our family in whatever comes our way. I give my life to you. You will always hold my heart in your hands.
To My Sons
Rob and Tristan
In your precious faces
I see your mother's beauty
The strength you have yet to find
Of that I now see traces
Men of God you will grow to be
Your paths straight and true
The love of your mother and I
Will always be with you
Your wisdom and strength increases day by day
Remember what you have been taught
Beware of those who wish you harm
With God in your heart you will never be caught
My precious sons I love you so
Your love I want and need
Remember me with love and honor
Your father I will always be
Rob and Tristan,
You both are two of the greatest gifts God has ever given to me. I pray for strength each day to be the best father you could ever have, want or need. My heart is full of love for you both. I love to watch you grow each day. I love to see you experience new things. I love when you ask me to help you with something. I love to read with you and pray with you. God will guide both of you through your lives, just as he has done with me. I promise to prepare you, according to the word of God, for all that lies ahead. Please know that Mom and I will always be here for you, that we love you unconditionally and that this family's love never ends. I promise to protect you, teach you, to be patient with you and to show you how a husband loves his wife. All that I am I give to you. I love you both and I am honored and blessed to be your father. Wear these rings and remember my love.
To Joel
The Excellence of Love
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,
but do not have love,
I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
And if I have the gift of prophecy,
and know all mysteries and all knowledge;
and if I have all faith,
so as to move mountains,
but do not have love,
I am nothing.
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor,
and if I deliver my body to be burned,
but do not have love,
it profits me nothing.
Love is patient,
loved is kind, and is not jealous:
love does not brag and is not arrogant,
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own, is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered,
does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
but rejoices with the truth;
bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
Love never fails.
Joel,
As I stand here today in front of our friends, family and Creator I give myself completely to you. You are truly a gift from God - one in which I will forever love, honor and cherish. I love everything about you - your kind, gentle nature, your beautiful face and smile, your fun and happy spirit and most importantly the way you treat the boys and me. Joel, I am forever yours. My love for you will never fail.
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