You fill up my senses like a night in a forest,
like the mountains in springtime,
like a walk in the rain, like a storm in the desert,
like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
Come let me love you, let me give my life to you,
let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your arms.
Let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you.
Come let me love you, come love me again.
– “you fill up my senses”, by john denver
-for all who have asked to see the rings-
– and mine, too –
Every wedding gives birth to a new history, a new beginning. The spiritual meaning of marriage is found in maintaining that history together.
…
Becoming one – in the deepest, most intimate sense – takes time. It’s a journey that never really ends.
– Gary Thomas, Sacred Marriage, chapter VII
they have all been mailed!
Tonight I realized that there are seven weeks left until the wedding. Seven. Oh. My. SEVEN!!!!!!
Am I dreaming such absurditiesIt’s daybreak, and the whole world’s new
The sun smiles, but where are you?
Wish I could hold you again
Nothing a daydream cannot mend
You smile and promise me you’ll always be around
I whisper hallelu’s and sing your name out loud
But no one hears me
Well, at least for now I’m smiling
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“amusing” by chris rice
Oh, wedding preparations here are going well.
Very well.
There have been tears along the way, but, my goodness, when you put two (or more) very opinionated women together, tears happen. It’s not as if any of the females in this household lack an opinion, or the conviction that their’s is the correct one! We are learning grace, as well as laughter.
In other news, I have another bridal gown. Why? Because the seamstress altered the other one. More than I realized she was going to. In ways that I can’t fix. Number Two is gorgeous. Gorgeous-er than Number One. It will be stunning. Mom asked me what I thought my Darling John will say about, and I replied, “He won’t be able to say anything.” That gorgeous. Oh, yes!
A friend from church has offered to help make it fit absolutely perfectly (it’s already pretty close).
John and I are getting a bit antsy. He told me, “49 more days until I fly out there.” 49 days. Seems as if those days are dragging by at a snail’s pace, but moving they are.
“There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.” ~Homer
Julia really is taller than me now, by about 3/4″ (you just can’t tell because I wear taller shoes)
notice Julia taking over for Ben?
making space ships
“Far from being a compromise, in one sense, marriage might be the toughest ministry [you] could ever undertake. …
“If you want to be free to serve Jesus, there’s no question – stay single. Marriage takes a lot of time. But if you want to become more like Jesus, I can’t imagine a better thing to do than to get married. Being married forces you to face some character issues you’d never have to face otherwise.”
Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas, chp. I
“… that’s what marriage is for – to teach us how to love.”
Ibid, chp. III