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Dear Beautiful,

I thought about you a lot today

Well, maybe more then a lot

I almost wish I could step back and let you take a walk in my shoes for a day

I think you'd find you were very involved in it

My songs are brighter, my smiles much wider, and my prayer is ever more joyous

But even beyond that

My troubles are easier to bear, the storms are easier to wait out, my wounds are quicker to heal, and my hope for a brighter day is ever strengthened

Yes, it's true

Sometimes I wish that I had an easy life with those around me, something like the life everyone has in the movies

Somewhere where nobody got angry, nobody made comments strictly for the purpose of hurting, never was there a dirty look, or a disapprovaing frown, and where everybody sought joy in every corner of life, simply because God is always present!

Yes sometimes I wish for that

But when I then seek my Savior from my knees and from total desperation -- beyond a doubt He provided me, you

You who sees that presence of God in everything, you who encourage me, you who make me realize that maybe I've been right all along in being lighthearted and joyful and trusting, because you are the same! You who don't seem to have a mean or hurtful word in your, very wide, and absolutely beautiful vocabulary

Your heart and everything about you is so precious to me -- like that gem in the biblical parable that the man sold everything he had to obtain

Maybe it sounds foolish and sappy but I know I'd sell everything I own for your hand -- it's not something I even give a second thought to

I hope this lets you know just a bit more about how special I know you to be

My darling, nothing you could have ever ever done could ever tear my care away from you

If I could be the luckiest one to hold you until the pain goes away forever -- that, is the role I'd want to play with that issue

You know I want to take care of you for the rest of my life, and if that's in God's will, I am so excited for it

You are always, on my mind...my lovely

Forever Yours

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