On our Anniversary
A gift to treasure has become my own
The one that I call wife
And again God has made His goodness known
In salvation, provision, and life.
A person to grow with through the good and bad
She will face all storms with me
And I will seek to be a better husband and dad
As she helps me more to see
An adventure taken without path or cars
by the covenant made, His decree
We seek to model the maker of stars
After His love for the church on the tree.
A woman so skilled in all her ways
I am regularly put to shame
She handles life in every phase
How could I meet such a dame?
A love that is precious, given from God
Because He first loved us
We seek to discredit idolatries’ fraud
For we were made from dust.
A wife that is loving in every deed
Her wisdom abounds all the more
She would work, suffer, and even bleed
Like the sand on every shore
A lovely gift, an adventure is she
Never cruel, or rude, or mean
There is no price, nor any fee
To purchase my dear Christine
A person, a woman, a wife, and mom
I’ll love her for as long as I live
She’ll guide our children in righteousness
To hope, and love, and forgive.
A steward given to help her indeed
I must shepherd, provide, and protect
And with these I must also heed
To love without neglect.
A human to hold her when she weeps
And to recognize God’s mighty plan
To model King Jesus to every sheep
And point them to the God-man.
A path from youth to maturity
Is the one we travel on
Two truths are our security
Sovereign love so fond
A man who wants to grow for his girl
Not to become rich or burly
But hand in hand to jump every hurtle
Before the Lord, unworthy.
A minister of the truth to my bride
I will seek to help her see
To come to God in love, to confide
And from sin He makes us free.
A husband who simply cannot compare
To her love and zeal and works
But to be made as a God made pair
As Christians, there are so many perks.
A steward of this path to minister well
To my wife and now our own
Knowing that only God pardons from hell
Glory to He who atones.
A human a man and a husband am I
Oh the delight that I have
To face this life every laugh and cry
To lead with His given staff.
A couple are we decreed before time
We must not model Adam and Eve
We must demolish every temptation to crime
While we leave, and cleave, and weave.