A Blessed 9 years!

We celebrated our 9 years in Heinola this weekend! I am under the weather and have no Christmas shopping done. I admire my friend, Salla, who decided to do nothing. She is deffinately celebrating Christ's birth this year, but not putting pressure on baking, sending out cards and buying presents for people she doesn't like with money she doesn't have.

I've also noticed more the culture of Christmas Cleaning, Joulusivous if you will. I heard the word more and many neighbors and friends shared how important it was to clean their place to prepare for Christmas. I am trying but being sick isn't helping...

Let me digress, I did not feel so well, but sitting in a little Irish restaraunt and overnight house and listening to my husband read this poem to me was the best! I was in tears! Babe, you are gold! I can't imagine being with anyone else! You complete me!

To Heidi, the second love of my life on the 9^th anniversary

December 21, 2008

 

I still remember nine years ago, when I held your hand low

My whole body was sweating, my both hands also

 

Before two pastors and almighty God we said: “I do”

Many people witnessed it, still wondering all who?

 

The Lord has been faithful all these years to us

Teaching to trust just Him alone, alas

 

During the first years I made you cry quite often

But over the years the Lord has my heart graciously soften

 

Still I do not love you as our Lord does love us

But His sanctifying grace is changing us quite much

 

Now forgive me when I am inconsiderate towards you

Even I said nine years ago: “do you love her?”  I do!

 

The same God that justified us years ago

Is still transforming our marriage to His Son so

 

You take care of our children so well

And will not them to the world sell

 

Last year we learnt that it is difficult to have time just between us because you cannot buy it with money

But still you are ready to give yourself to me, sweeter than honey

 

You gladly show subordinate spirit towards me

Even the culture yells at us against it, as we see

 

Just grow to fear the Lord, not anyone else, not any dummy

And that gives you the most satisfying joy to labor as a mommy

 

When you cast the burdens on Him alone

The most glorified is He in you, and gives you “shalom”

 

Find your treasure alone in the cross whether sick, bountiful, depressed, or sore

Then your life becomes “suffering but always rejoicing” more

 

May Jesus convict me and show the error of my tone

So that we would reflect brighter His free sovereign grace alone

 

He put us together to refract Christ and the church, His bride

For whom he painfully, obediently, yet gladly died

 

Jesus gave His life to bring glory to His heavenly Father

and to bring us back to God, who is more satisfying than any other rather

Happy 9^th Anniversary, the second love of my life

Pray that God keeps Christ as my first love, and not number five