Lord, my God, I thank you for being my risen Savior, and for raising me to new life in you! I thank you for revealing the full richness of love that is willing to bear everything for the beloved, for giving yourself to me totally, even though I would (and still do) sin and doubt and fail to live fully in your love.
I thank you too for the bride through whom you have blessed me with so much love. I am too easily caught up in ways that I wish our relationship were different, and lose sight of how wonderful our relationship is. As great a blessing as it has been to have someone in my life who has loved me through my worst moments, for too long I confused that gift with a debt I owed her; therefore I thank you, too, for setting me free from that entrapped thinking, to instead appreciate her love as a revelation of who she is. It is wonderful to share my life with her, and sometimes I lose sight of that for lamenting the ways that I wish we could share our life together. Yet she is a gift, a treasure, Lord, a blessing to me beyond measure.
So I ask you to bless my bride this day. Help her to know your love, and use mine to reveal yours to her. Bless her with a husband who loves and appreciates her more each day. Bless us with growth, both individually and together as a couple whose love for each other reflects your own brightly to those around us. Mostly, just help her know what a priceless treasure she is, Lord!
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