A "Happy Anniversary" Poem

PROVERBS 31

A few years back, while giving a sermon on Proverbs 31, I wrote this poem to illustrate how the author writes Proverbs 31 as an acrostic; each line of the second half of Proverbs 31 begins with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet. This is done poetically; to share things about a virtuous woman that the writer sees as praiseworthy.

I praise God for the 14 years of marriage that he's given to us. With every passing day I find more reasons to praise God for the wife that He's given to me, so much so that I feel compelled to edit and add to this poem. But I won't :) ... because it's sometimes sweeter to just reflect on how I felt back then, and marvel at how much more God allows me to "feel" now :).

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Heaven sent companion

when I felt all alone

You came with words of truth and love

God sent so He’d be known

Ever loving, ever faithful

the thief who stole my heart

I am the one who gained the most

I prayed we’d never part

Amazing grace, God did the work

my life anew begun

And with His mighty hand He made