A Poem

I wrote this for Jeff as a gift for our first Valentine's Day together. He in turn gave me a diamond ring and asked me to marry him :-)

The love of another is food for the soul, it nourishes, fills us and makes us feel whole.

It helps us to see life with dreamy bright eyes. It's bigger and bolder than the heavens and skies.

Our glorious God is the source of this love, it saturates the earth like spring rain from His kingdom above.

It satisfies a thirst in the depths of the heart. It's what holds people together when close or apart.

It's like the swirl of the smoke when a candle's burnt out, as it penetrates the air and spreads all about.

It's something that can be seen, felt, tasted and breathed in, yet it can also disappear and touch us in places within.

It helps us to be strong, confident, joyful and kind, and like a needle it injects peace, hope and patience in the heart, soul and mind.

It's because of a love that I write this today, for if it weren't for this love I'd have few words I could say.

This love has opened my eyes to see in a new light, and to notice God's goodness from morning till night.

My love was chosen for me like a ripe grape from the vine, that is essential for the creation of an extraordinary wine.

God put us together to learn and to grow, to be beautiful and pure, like a fresh fallen snow.

May we continue to see all the beauty and grace that God has so brilliantly put into place. Like the sound of the water as it trickles downstream or the foliage in autumn colored red, gold and green.

Let our life be a tapestry beautifully sewn and guided by God's love that's so selflessly shown.


To note: It snowed on our wedding day :-)