{"id":2174,"date":"2015-06-04T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2015-05-30T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T18:24:18","slug":"a-wedding-anniversary-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2015\/06\/a-wedding-anniversary-prayer.html","title":{"rendered":"A Wedding Anniversary Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. (Philippians 2: 2)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;They say when you marry\u00a0in June, you&#8217;re a bride all your life.&#8221; ~ Johnny Mercer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Father,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We give you thanks and praise on this our 32nd Anniversary! You have seen us through the lean times, the mean times, the fun times and the &#8220;we ain&#8217;t got none&#8221; times. We&#8217;ve lived through some scary times, contrary times, some wary times and very,very\u00a0sour cherry times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">But all together, the good, the bad, and the ugly have created a sort of fertilizer that has grown our love in ways we never could have hoped. That&#8217;s what you meant when you thought of Romans 8:28. You combine\u00a0all our experiences, all our missteps, all our strengths, all our sins (graciously forgiven and forgotten), and you create a life that is worth living and a love that is worth having.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">So today we lift our cup of thanks to You, Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith and this marriage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In Jesus Name Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. (Philippians 2: 2) &#8220;They say when you marry\u00a0in June, you&#8217;re a bride all your life.&#8221; ~ Johnny Mercer Father, We give you thanks and praise on this our 32nd Anniversary! 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