Monday Memories: Celebrate This Day

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Blessed sun rises, starting a new day

A precious day, under Lord’s watchful eyes

Celebrate this day, riding in love’s sleigh

Nothing ever holding back, watching doves fly

 

Singing of praises, blessing this fresh start

Jesus walking with us, our daily bread

Sharing this day, between loving sweethearts

Together, God’s Word keeps us full and fed

 

Our love sparks an endless celebration

God’s love filling hearts, fulfilling our fate

Singing songs, with love and adoration

Celebrate this day, love’s delightful taste

 

Jesus shares His joy, smiling from above

Making our joy complete, filling with love

  

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Moments in Time (Haiku Series #132)

Enriched

Music plus coffee

Delightful early morning—

Time for one more round

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Nurtured

Sensitive to love

Blissful, marital journey—

Together as one

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Mobilized

Life’s rainy moments

Keep your umbrella handy—

Always be prepared

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Quiet Love

From 1 Corinthians 13:12-13:  “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face.  Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.  And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”

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Cherishing quiet love

Humble and enduring

Admiring devotion

Always reassuring

 

Abiding sacred vows

Uniting and growing

Living as single one

True love overflowing

 

Sharing unbridled truth

Caring for love’s duet

Overcoming troubles

Joy shines at each sunset

 

Hearing love’s small whispers

Blessing each day and night

Confessing true feelings

Boundless and holding tight

 

Listening to God’s love

Nurturing lifetime’s stage

Embracing each moment

Unhurried as we age

 

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Expressing her unique songwriting and blessed voice about love’s feelings, Dolly Parton sings “I Will Always Love You.”

Love’s Precious Gift

From the words of author and poet, Ana Claudia Antunes:  “True love is like little roses; sweet, fragrant in small doses.”

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Montana to Ohio

God joins this woman and man

Love bringing His precious gift

As only He really can

 

Love begins with our Father

Nurturing words speak each day

Hand in hand, with each other

God’s grace and peace lights His way

 

Love matures, like fall’s harvest

Built upon God’s rock of trust

Daily hope breathes at sunrise

Walk under angel’s stardust

 

Love meaning more than just words

Through valleys to mountaintops

Joining as one, each ribbon

God’s love never, ever stops

 

God’s Word builds a cornerstone for love’s words and actions in our lives.

From Song of Solomon 8:6-7:  “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave.  Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame.  Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.  If one offered for love all the wealth of one’s house, it would be utterly scorned.”

Affirming Love

From Song of Solomon 2:8:  “The voice of my beloved!  Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.”

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Sitting here, another morning’s darkness

Thinking of today’s most beautiful view

Your kindness and love arrives with a smile

Transforming this heart to radiant new

 

Traveling life’s lonely, meaningless road

Dreaming of unlocking a better life

Your cherished spirit bestows precious light

Joining together as husband and wife

 

Making beloved home for two love birds

Nurturing passion with each priceless day

Your tender, caring thoughts lead us forward

Navigating with God’s love, shows His way

 

Affirming love through joyful affection

Walking in Jesus’ perfect reflection

 

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From Song of Solomon 4:1:  “How beautiful you are, my love, how very beautiful!  Your eyes are doves behind your veil.  Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead.”

Saturday’s Sweetness

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Free and quiet morning

Saturday adorning

 

Reading God’s Holy Word

Clear thoughts, no longer blurred

 

Sun rises and brightens

Calmness breathes, enlightens

 

Workweek taking its break

Making buckwheat pancakes

 

Listening to new song

Beat of life moves along

 

One more coffee cup sings

Caffeine never hamstrings

 

Good vibes fueling this life

Waiting for lovely wife

 

Looking forward as one

Day brings plenty of fun

 

Watching Buckeyes’ football

Scarlet and Gray now call

 

Excuse our loud cheering

Assisting team’s steering

 

Night closing and ending

Sleep soon, not pretending

 

Each week’s sweetest, fun day

Always, be Saturday

 

This photo was taken at the annual Scarlet and Gray Spring Game at Ohio State’s renowned Horseshoe back in 2015. Nearly every seat was filled for what was basically a scrimmage and practice. Go Bucks!

Marriage Quotes

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Dave Willis

Great marriages don’t happen by luck or by accident.  They are the result of a consistent investment of time, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, affection, prayer, mutual respect, and a rock-solid commitment between a husband and a wife.

Robert Brault

To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.

Indelible Marriage (Haiku Series #99)

Magnificent

Blessings with God’s joy

Lifetime moments, fulfilling—

Marriage joins as one

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Unceasing

Eternity smiles

Husband and wife forever—

Maturing love lasts

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Forever

Bride and groom unite

Faithful under our Lord’s love—

Lifelong memories

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Marriage Quotes

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C. S. Lewis

You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.

 

Ronald Reagan

There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.