Sunday, May 20, 2012

...the greatest of these is LOVE


1 Corinthians 13


13 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.


Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues,they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.


13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.


Seven years ago, we stood with each these wonderful friends by our side, exchanged vows and shed tears....Seven years ago, I married my best friend - the most wonderful partner I could have dreamed of - and seven years later, I am more grateful and thankful than I could have ever imagined.  


It is hard to believe that seven years have passed so quickly.  We were so young and so in love....luckily, we were so young in 2005 that I think we're still pretty young and even more in love...and, now, not only am I in love with my husband but also with my children and the amazing father he has become.






Chad -

Thank you for an amazing seven years.  You are still sweeping me off of my feet (too much!?!...sorry, it went with the picture).  There have been ups and downs along the way but there is no other person I would have rather had by my side for this journey.  Seven years has flown by but I am looking forward to the many, many years that we have ahead of us.  Thank you for being by my side as my partner and best friend.  Thank you for the laughs and the tears, for all the fun and excitement as well as the low key lazy nights at home, thanks for the big trips and date nights, for family time and alone time, for dealing with all of my flaws and for making me a better person each day!  Thank you for your love!  You are truly an amazing person and I am the lucky one :)

Happy Anniversary!!  

I only have two questions for you....
Where is my Ketchie Creek cake?

When does our flight leave for Aruba? 

Love you lots!
XOXO 


1 comment:

GRANDMA said...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU BOTH!!!! SUCH WONDERFUL MEMORIES FROM THAT DAY SEVEN YEARS AGO!!!! WE LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!! MOM AND DAD
XO XO XO XO XO XO XO