An Open Letter to my beloved bride of 5 wonderful years.
Kristina,
I wanted to write you a letter to let you know how much I love you, but it didn’t seem like a letter would be enough. We do not have a lot of money and no room in the budget for buying you something for our anniversary, so I guess I will have to revert back to what I know you love: a letter from the heart.
It was 5 years ago today that we exchanged our vows behind Crazy Ed’s Satisfied Frog. That sentence is almost as funny as the way you discovered that wedding venue. the whole journey is another reminder of how wonderfully and masterfully God had woven us together, long before we discovered His plan for our life together: a plan that continues to unfold before and around us. I want to tell you two things, things you always say to me: 1) “I am so glad it is you” and 2)”You are a treasure”. I never imagined, in my wildest dreams, this is how much fun I would have being married. Praise God.
In the 5 years we’ve been married, I feel we’ve grown closer together because of how amazing you are. You make it easy for me to be broken, wrong, flawed, misguided, stubborn and selfish without feeling like I have to hide those characteristics. You’ve created a home where I can be transparent in who I am, and then gently and humbly come along side of me and love me through it all. You know that God repairs my brokenness, and you lay no claim of control or needing to fix me. All the things I am, you accept and love me without reservation and have made that clear from the very beginning.
If somebody had told me that I would feel differently toward you today than I did on our wedding day, I would have no believed it: but it is so very true. On that day, I loved you more than I thought possible to ever love any woman. On that day, I thought that I might even love you more than I loved myself (not true by the way…but I think you knew that too). Today I look back and see how that was only a portion of how I love you today.
That’s right, I’m holding out 
(Do you hear it? “I love you more today than yesterday…”)
Today, I want to tell you how I feel when I look at you, and just as it was on that wooden bridge in Cave Creek this day in 2007, nothing I could write would do justice to the feelings I have for you. I give thanks to the Lord for His choosing you to be my bride. I give thanks to the Lord for giving me understanding on who I am and a desire to pursue the man God calls me to be: to love you as Christ loves the church.
I see God in the wonderful things you are as a woman, so different from me. Thank you for being my wife and serving by my side. I heard a song and it made me think of you. Honestly, It gave me something to pray and think about. I’ve included the video here for you. I’m not sure what the artist had in mind when he created this wonderful melody, but I know what I feel when I hear the words: What my bride needs.
Looking forward to all the time we are given and grateful to our Father for all the joy I have in my life…and the wonderful skill and craftsmanship in the wrapping of such a gift.
Your husband,
Wayne
Posted on January 26, 2012
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