I thought I would share the toast that I composed to offer tonight to Abigail and Brent. Abigail is our first born who will wed Brent later today. I share this with you as a way to remember for those of us who said vows long ago:
May your joy be found in the discovery of what makes the other happy.
May your happiness be found in the reality that happiness is not something that is found in the pursuit of it but is discovered as you share from your heart.
May your love be something that you never take for granted and if you do may your foolishness be discovered early.
May your togetherness have enough spaces to honor each other but enough closeness to realize that what you make in your relationship is a living, breathing thing.
May your marriage be one of constant learning and growing for that which is not growing is in the process of decay.
And may you always remember that God loves you more than you will ever love each other and that same God will not do the work of love for you but stands always near to give you the grace to learn the kind of love that God has for you.
God bless you.
Dad
jody jsyemour@davidsonumc.org
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