WOW!!! I can't express how strong my love for my wife, Debbie, is better than this Scripture expresses for me! "For love is as strong as death,......Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame. Many waters cannot quench love; neither can rivers drown it." I love my wife with all of that strong, fiery, passionate love these verses speak of, but I also love my God that much and much, much more! That is why I can love my dearest and closest friend with such a deep, hot, strong, and enduring love....The even stronger and deeper love that I have for the one who loved me enough to die for me, Jesus Christ, allows me and helps me to love Debbie the way that I do!
God's Holy Word is saying here that when we experience true earthly love that we should desire to be our partner's most precious and treasured possession. It is saying that this true love cannot be quenched, nor bought; for if we attempt to buy it, that action alone shows that we despise it. I know that for the past 32 years Debbie and I have been "two as one" as we have made it very clear that we truly do belong to one another....We are each other's most precious and treasured possession. On Thursday, August 20, 2009, just a few days from now, we will celebrate our 32nd Wedding Anniversary. It has been a wonderful and exciting 32 year journey!!! Now I won't try to lie to you and tell you that it has been an easy or perfect 32 years together. We have had our love's flame drenched by many streams and rivers of doubt, frustration, trials, and hurt, but that flame has never been quenched - God's love for us and our love for Him has been the fuel that has kept that fire burning!....We have definitely had to work at making it work and last! Anything that is worth anything and important to us takes energy, time, and effort. There have been times throughout our relationship that we have said harsh words and acted unloving toward each other, but we have always been able to go to the Lord and to each other and receive forgiveness. To be successful in marriage and in life, we must remember that we, as individuals, and as couples, are a "work in progress" in the hands of our Creator and Lord! If our Lord is willing to take the time to work on us and our relationship day to day, then why shouldn't we also be willing to work on our own relationship? Debbie and I have been able to learn over the years how to love and forgive one another and to "build a bridge, get over it, and move on."
We have made beautiful memories together as we have parented two wonderful children together, Danell and Dustin, and then have become the proud grandparents of seven great kids; Ashleigh, Christian, Nicolas, Michael, Kaylee, Cesylia, and Abigayle. We have also had two sets of wonderful supporting parents throughout our marriage....I can honestly say that we probably would not have made it to where we are today if not for the love of our parents! My Mother and Father, Sylvia and Charles Clark, have gone on to be with the Lord, but Debbie's parents, Freda and Dan Kimsey, are still part of our support system today. I want to say a big "Thank You" to them all; I appreciate all that they have done for us over the years!
Above all else and all others, our One and Only True God has been the biggest reason that Debbie and I remain married and deeply in love with one another today!!!!! For without Him we would not have been able to continue along our journey together and continued to love each other and our family as we have. We have claimed His promises to us that he would never leave or forsake us, that He would always be with us through every single trial and tribulation, that He would never give us more than He knows we can handle, that He would give us New Strength to make it through each new difficulty, that He always be in complete and total control of every situation, that He is a loving and compassionate God, and that He will always do what is best for us!!! HE HAS NEVER FAILED US YET AND HE NEVER WILL!!
Debbie Danell (Kimsey) Clark is my best friend, my confidant, my best buddy, the Mother of my children, my "most treasured possession", the one"who possesses me", the "object of my love and passion", my lover, the "love of my life", my wife, and the best gift I could ever dream of or imagine from a loving God!
Debbie, I want to wish a Wonderful and Happy 32nd Wedding Anniversary!!!
I also want to thank you for the best 32 years of my life and for putting up with me and being patient as God has continued to do a work in and through me throughout the years. As my friend has said about he and I numerous times, and I have been quick to agree each time, "We have definitely married up and we are 2 truly blessed men!" Debbie, thank you for the true honor and privilege to be your husband, lover, and friend....God has truly blessed me, INDEED!!!!!!!!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND MAY WE HAVE MANY MORE YEARS OF "UNQUENCHED LOVE" AND PASSION FOR ONE ANOTHER, BUT ALSO, MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!!!!
MAY WE CONTINUE TO BE "TWO IN ONE AND ONE IN TWO"!!
Happy Anniversary to one of my very favorite couples. Love you guys.
ReplyDeleteYou fill up my senses like a night in the forest, like a mountain in spring time, like a walk in the rain. Love, Debbie
ReplyDeleteI love you.
ReplyDeleteEnough talk already. Take her somewhere nice!
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