Pretty Perfect...Then and Now

It was a perfect day.  I was all dressed up and hanging out with some of my closest guy friends.  Leah was hanging out with some of her closest friends putting on a dress I had never seen.  When the time came music from a four string quartet played softly over the crowd.  Candles helped light the elegant church sanctuary.  There was a quiet joy and expectation in the room.  Following two of my nieces scattering rose pedals down the isle and the ring bearer, bearing a belled cross that rung in the picture of perfection.  The doors opened and my heart became mush, my eyes filled with tears.  The most gorgeous woman ever came down the isle glowing with beauty and flawless grace.  As promised by others the next 30 minutes blurred some as we exchanged rings, vows, and shared a time of candlelight with our guests.  It was a day when three became one:  God, Leah, and me.  The Holy Spirit graced us all with the presence of joy, peace, and hope.  We said, "I Do!"  We walked out of the sanctuary that day as man and wife.  It was pure bliss!

Fast-foward 8 years.  Through all of the things in life that seem to take our joy and perfection away, Leah and I are celebrating that day when the Holy Spirit joined our hearts and our souls together forever.  While the things in our life can sometimes be broken and burdensome.  The covenant of marriage is perfect.  Our partnership is perfect.  Not because we are perfect, but because God is perfect and every day He redeems our lives and He redeems our covenant.

I love my wife with all of my being and every day I see God in her eyes, Jesus in her heart, and the Holy Spirit in her steps.  I am a blessed man.  And the best part is that there are more years (the rest of our lives) to go.

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