Beginning in Hope

 

A Poem by Braxton Brown & Peggy Smith

Let’s grow old together...
beginning with today.

Let’s work slowly with each other and build a relationship that we can both enjoy being a part of.

Let’s share love and understand that neither of us is perfect; we are both subject to human frailties.

Let’s hold each other close and whisper through the night--pledging our love, honoring our commitment.

Let’s encourage each other to pursue our dreams, even when we’re weary from trying.

Let’s expect the best that we both have to give and still love when we fall short of our expectations.

Let’s be friends and respect each other’s individual personality and give one another room to grow.

Let’s be candid with each other and point out strengths and weaknesses.

Let’s understand each other’s personal philosophy, even if we don’t agree.

Let’s lie awake long into the night sharing our innermost secrets.

Let’s be friends as well as lovers.

Let’s laugh at time and plan with each other and wonder how we ever got along without this love we’ve found.

Let’s never take for granted these moments that we’ve shared, but always be reminded of how intensely we have learned to live, how completely we have learned to love.

Let’s grow old together...
and look back on life and smile.

From ForeverWed.com

On May 31, 2008 Alex Siele and Stacy Kend were married. In the ceremony they chose to share this poem with family and friends.

Clearly it gives words to the hope of their hearts, to the purpose of their seeking God's blessing and the support of their families and friends. In this sacred moment of their lives they shared with us a dream for their future together.

I share it with you by way of invitation: can you remember the hope with which you began your marriage? Can you remember the love and the power of that love expressed in your marriage vow? Can you remember the joy of the moment (even if everything you had planned was turning out less perfect than you wanted)? Can you remember the energy of the day? Can you remember inviting God's grace into your new life together?

What poetry or music or scripture did you choose to express your hopes and dreams? What poetry or music or scripture or prayer set a course for you to follow? Are you on course?

Take a moment to remember, to be renewed, to recover the joy and hope of that moment in time when you spoke your promises as you began and celebrated your marriage.

Let us pray:

May your covenant with each other be life-giving and life-long, enriched by God's presence and strengthened by God's grace; may you bring comfort and confidence to each other in faithfulness and trust; may joy and delight fill your waking, your working, your play and your rest as you grow together in love.
 

 

 

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