These covenant rings you gave me were a gift to my heart when u put them on my finger, but they
give better gifts now than they did before... They say u are unchanging
in your love, they whisper loving kindness in my ear when my heart feels
bewildered and lonely. They are comforting friends in that they have
never stayed away from my finger and u always put them on my hand at the
end of dish duty or the close of a sudsy bath for our little ones...
You said yes to all our life would bring, the pain and triumph... The
grief and the groaning and all the joy u find when u don't push grief
away... What a fellowship my heart has found with yours Micah... A
secret Jesus whispered in us... I love that now while I am weak with grief, you
carry me up the stairs... While I am tired and sick in my heart, you wrap yourself
around me to warm me and make me know I'm safe... You take the time to
whisper with me by the fire when I am too weak to speak loudly... What a
friend you are... Thank you for loving me like Jesus and for showing me
what mercy means so that when we say our daughters name it rings in
our hearts and we know it by all it's truth we have witnessed with our
own eyes - mercy is no longer just a word I romanticize... It is a truth
I cannot ever pay for or be grateful enough for... This is what He
created in this season in us- mercy and all the magnitude of what we
will never be worthy of... I love you Micah John... You are all the best
parts of me, there is no other... Here in this pain that is our Mercy gone, you slide beneath the blanket i try to cover my emptiness with and kiss my face with looks of kindness that words cant be a part of... I am grateful you carry her with me, that you empty yourself to make room for her to be within you like she is within me... That is a gift that can never be stolen... You are a treasure and i could not have unlocked the treasure you are without the key Jesus has been in our marriage...
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Joy in affliction is rooted in the hope of resurrection, but our experience of suffering also deepens the root of that hope" John Piper
"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are- yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive MERCY and find grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4:15-16
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