Keep me near you like a seal you wear over your heart,
like a signet ring you wear on your hand.
Love is as strong as death.
Passion is as strong as the grave.
Its sparks become a flame,
and it grows to become a great fire!
A flood cannot put out love.
Rivers cannot drown love.
Would people despise a man for giving
everything he owns for love?
like a signet ring you wear on your hand.
Love is as strong as death.
Passion is as strong as the grave.
Its sparks become a flame,
and it grows to become a great fire!
A flood cannot put out love.
Rivers cannot drown love.
Would people despise a man for giving
everything he owns for love?
Song of Solomon 8:6-7
Today, Clint and I are celebrating
31 years of marriage
and 34 years together as a couple.
It seems like yesterday this boy was turned around in his seat in our 11th grade homeroom class smiling and staring at me, the new girl. My friend, also a new girl, looked back and forth from him to me grinning in that "Oh girl! He likes you!" way of hers. He made it kind of hard to listen to Mr. Daughtrey! Our paths had crossed in different ways before, but we had never officially met. That is when we began, and we are still going strong today!
God did this thing for us! He gave us to each other early! He cleaved us to one another so we are one flesh. He has multiplied our love through our seven living and nine with the Lord children. He has given us plenty to do for His kingdom. Today, we give Him thanks while we rest and reflect together!
Dear Reader, I care about you and encourage you to put God first in your life and especially in all of your relationships and especially in your marriage.
Clint and I have sought the Lord and really tried to put Him and His ways first, "and that has made all the difference." He is why we are still together for more than three decades. The glory is all His.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
Psalm 34:8
