Renew Your Vows…
Renew Your Vows…
Someone asked me once, “How long have you been married?” And, I found the instant response was, “Not long enough!” I thought for a while about my comment. It was truthful, insightful, and represented a lot about the depth of love that I have for my wife. Following that, I found and reread my wedding vows:
“I will continue to love you everyday of my life, no matter what the future holds. I will love, cherish, and adore you for the rest of my life. I will honor, respect, and appreciate all that you are and all that you will become. I will always support you and be attentive to your needs. And, I will be eternally loyal, faithful and true. I promise all of this to you forever.”
As I was running, I contemplated the depth of those 6 sentences and how they have guided me in my relationship over the years. The strength, power and conviction I hold in that promise to my wife is indescribable. Then I thought, “Why had I not made a set of vows to myself? What if I made a set of vows that would hold all of the same strength, power, and conviction for me? That led me to understand that the vows I have to my wife are the same vows that I can renew for myself. What powerful life would be created by living these vows for her and I everyday?
Then the last deepest insight came from the question, “What if I lived these vows to myself, my wife, everyone that I come in contact with in life, all to the glory of my God?” What difference would that make in how I showed up to live my life everyday? The unlimited possibilities unfolded in front of my eyes like the stars in the universe.
What vows have you written and promised to your spouse? What vows can your write and promise to yourself? What vows can you write, promise, and keep in relationship to your faith that will open up a whole new life for you? I challenge you to find those answers. RENEW YOUR VOWS TODAY! In the meantime, when our paths cross, remember that in my own way as your friend, acquaintance, relative, or child of God:
“I will continue to love you everyday of my life, no matter what the future holds. I will love, cherish, and adore you for the rest of my life. I will honor, respect, and appreciate all that you are and all that you will become. I will always support you and be attentive to your needs. And, I will be eternally loyal, faithful and true. I promise all of this to you forever.”
To your continued success,
James
