This is a tribute which we presented to my parents on their 50th wedding anniversary.
*** Note. God created the family to be a model and a bridge to a Father and child relationship with Him. If your family was a poor model and bridge, the goal is still attainable. God loves you beyond your imagination, and will step over the destruction of your life to bring you into His family. It’s what He does!
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To: D.E.S. & M.E.S.
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When God thought up the family,
He had a two-fold plan,
Therefore, He made a woman with
The rib He took from man.
He brought the two together and
He said it was for life,
The woman to respect her man,
The man to love his wife.
So through this blessed union many
Children He could bring
To live first in this world and then
In Heaven where He’s King,
For the family He created as
A model and a tool
To show the countless blessings of
A Father’s love and rule.
Thus, the love that could be shown from both
The Husband and the wife
Would help inspire the children to
Accept eternal life.
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His plan, I say most gratefully has
Been so well fulfilled
Through you our blessed parents, this kind
Of love has been revealed,
For the life that you have lived out here
Before your children’s eyes
Deserves eternal gratitude,
Our thanks should ever rise.
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For Daddy, you have shown us what
It means to love a wife,
How to treat her special and to
Greatly bless her life,
From the love notes you would leave her as
The sun began to rise,
To the flowers gently placed on
The car to meet her eyes,
Hot coffee every morning just
To help her start the day,
The way you’ve always helped around
The house in every way,
And concern for her safety’s kept
The maintenance of her car
An ultimate priority for
Driving near or far.
Yes, you’ve always been there for her, as
You’ve always been for us,
Demonstrating what it means to love,
Inspiring us to trust.
You’d hug and kiss her in the morning
And on into the night;
Your children slept so peacefully knowing
Everything was right.
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And mother you have showed us what
A blessed wife can be,
Loving and supportive, like precious
Water to a tree,
Understanding Daddy’s nature and
The realms he likes to build,
Patient and encouraging as he’s
Hammered, sawed and drilled,
Often going for supplies for his
Latest undertaking,
When arriving home, his favorite
Food you’d soon be making,
Concerned about his health, you’ve always
Pushed him to be careful,
And lifting him to God, you have
Continually been prayerful.
Yes, you’ve always been there for him, as
You’ve always been for us,
Demonstrating what it means to love,
Inspiring us to trust.
You’d hug and kiss him in the morning
And on into the night;
Your children slept so peacefully knowing
Everything was right.
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Yes, we’ve watched you meet each other’s needs,
You’ve put each other first,
You’ve done it through the best times and you’ve
Done it through the worst,
And we never saw a vicious hand,
Nor heard a cutting word,
For even in your anger, your
True love was never blurred.
Nor did you even argue where a
Little child could hear,
Therefore, our hearts were filled with faith and
Never dread or fear.
Yes, you’ve been there for each other, as
You’ve always been for us,
Demonstrating what it means to love,
Inspiring us to trust.
With hugs and kisses in the morning
And on into the night,
Your children slept so peacefully knowing
Everything was right.
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And how you’ve raised your children is a
Tale that should be told
From atop the highest mountain shouted
To the world below.
You so loved us and enabled us to
Leave the nest and sail
That as we seek to raise our own,
I pray we do as well.
Yes, you got us up for church and you
Taught us how to pray,
You taught us how to work and you
Taught us to obey.
Now for these priceless lessons, there’s
No ample way to say
How much they’ve truly blessed us, for
They do it every day.
And Daddy, thanks, you taught your sons,
Then helped us all the way
To use our tools and fix our cars
And build a house to stay,
While Mother took the time to show
A daughter how to cook
And sew the latest fashions with
A pattern from a book.
You also took us camping and
We learned to fish and hunt,
You signed us up for football where
We learned to throw and punt,
Plus pets and scouting, soccer, boxing,
Karate and the dance,
Of all the ways to bless us, you two
Never missed a chance.
You also offered college and you
Bought us our first cars,
And though they were not new, you know
They took us pretty far,
And if they stopped, we always knew that
Just a call away
Were dad and mom, our heroes,
Who’d come and save the day.
You also built a room, which you
Intended for yourselves
To use it for your sewing, model
Trains and storage shelves,
But you gave it to your kids, first to
The one that wouldn’t go,
Then sometimes to the others after
Life had laid them low.
Yes, you’ve been there for each other and
You’ve always been for us,
Demonstrating what it means to love,
Inspiring us to trust.
You hugged and kissed us in the morning
And on into the night;
Your children slept so peacefully knowing
Everything was right.
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Love,
Your very blessed children