A Poem for the Mother Daughter Banquet, 2013

MD Banquet Poem

5-8-13

God has chosen His daughter well, my wife

Adorned in humility and grace

I know little of tenderness, gentleness, courage or love

that is out of sight of your presence in my life

You speak the words that bring me to truth,

God's purposes and goodness are realized in you

Encouraging- you build me up and I am the better for it

You see more in me than I see in myself

such that I aspire to be all you want of me, and for me

Nothing that I have to offer compares to your worth

You are truly a gift to me

A smile, a laugh, a touch, an embrace

The richer for your presence,

you are my today and my tomorrow

An anchor for my soul and the thought that guides me,

I see in you a beauty that you yourself do not embrace

but is true nonetheless and so obvious to me

I am at fault for the time you spend worrying and in self-doubt

It is time misplaced

for you are loved - adored, and beautiful

I fall so short of expressing your worth to me

All the world, and all the stars,

all that I know to be light

are to me simply reflections of your beauty and grace

When words fail me, because words fail me

I do not say what I know to be true

So listen to my heart and know my truest thought

for all that is right and true

for all that I enjoy and cherish

for that which makes me smile and that which makes me strong

that which I hold dear, seek to protect and care for

all, all begins with you and is all because of you

For you, daughter of a King, are the queen of my heart

and all the world to me

God has chosen His daughter well