Saturday, April 26, 2003
IT'S TIME
I really like what Jason wrote on his website when he got married: It's time for me to change. That's how I feel today.
There are a lot of thoughts swirling through my head and a lot of comments from last night's rehearsal dinner that I want to mention. But instead, I'm going to re-post a blog from last September: An open letter to Karena. Please read it again to help keep me accountable. And thank YOU for being an active participant not only in our wedding, our marriage, but also our lives. (We'll be back from Tahiti on May 10th.)
AN OPEN LETTER TO KARENA
The following is an open letter to Karena that I am letting you all read. Why? I want you all to help keep me accountable in this area. Thanks.
Dear Karena,
We may still be seven months away from getting married, but I wanted to tell you this right now. I want to make a promise and a commitment to you: I will love you, cherish you, and honor you. Now, I know most everyone says that to their significant other at some point in their lives, making those words not quiet so special. But I truly do mean them. And I've invited all these people to share into this letter and into our relationship so they can make sure I don't ever lose sight of loving, cherishing, and honoring you throughout my life. See, it's not just a wedding that we're planning for. I'm planning for a marriage -- something that will last a lifetime.
Karena, I want to love you the way Christ loved the church. And in order to do that, I have to know Christ intimately and have a solid, firm relationship with Him. So, I'm trying to cement my spiritual life and walk more closely with Him. That way, I will learn so much about Christ and follow Him so closely that I will begin to resemble Him. Only then, will I truly be able to love you the way He loved the church. That is my sincere hope and prayer for me and for us.
I can't wait to go through this process. And I can't wait until I have the honor and privilege of being called your husband.
Love,
Victor
I really like what Jason wrote on his website when he got married: It's time for me to change. That's how I feel today.
There are a lot of thoughts swirling through my head and a lot of comments from last night's rehearsal dinner that I want to mention. But instead, I'm going to re-post a blog from last September: An open letter to Karena. Please read it again to help keep me accountable. And thank YOU for being an active participant not only in our wedding, our marriage, but also our lives. (We'll be back from Tahiti on May 10th.)
AN OPEN LETTER TO KARENA
The following is an open letter to Karena that I am letting you all read. Why? I want you all to help keep me accountable in this area. Thanks.
Dear Karena,
We may still be seven months away from getting married, but I wanted to tell you this right now. I want to make a promise and a commitment to you: I will love you, cherish you, and honor you. Now, I know most everyone says that to their significant other at some point in their lives, making those words not quiet so special. But I truly do mean them. And I've invited all these people to share into this letter and into our relationship so they can make sure I don't ever lose sight of loving, cherishing, and honoring you throughout my life. See, it's not just a wedding that we're planning for. I'm planning for a marriage -- something that will last a lifetime.
Karena, I want to love you the way Christ loved the church. And in order to do that, I have to know Christ intimately and have a solid, firm relationship with Him. So, I'm trying to cement my spiritual life and walk more closely with Him. That way, I will learn so much about Christ and follow Him so closely that I will begin to resemble Him. Only then, will I truly be able to love you the way He loved the church. That is my sincere hope and prayer for me and for us.
I can't wait to go through this process. And I can't wait until I have the honor and privilege of being called your husband.
Love,
Victor
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