A Marriage Blessing

A MARRIAGE BLESSING

by HELEN STEINER RICE



AS YOU ENTER INTO THE LITTLE WORLD
THAT YOU PROMISED TO MAKE BRIGHTER FOR
EACH OTHER, MAY HE WHO HARNESSES THE WAVES
AND HANGS THE SUN OUT IN THE SKY
AND PUTS THE SONG IN THE BIRDS
ESPECIALLY BLESS YOU
AND MAKE YOUR MARRIAGE A GOOD AND HAPPY ONE!
LOVE IS INDEED "A MANY SPLENDORED THING!"
WHEN IT IS GIVEN AND RETURNED,
IT ENRICHES BOTH THE LOVER AND THE BELOVED.
AND AS LONG AS TWO PEOPLE LOVE EACH OTHER,
NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS TOO DIFFICULT OR TOO IMPOSSIBLE,
FOR WANTING TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE ONE YOU LOVE
TAKES ALL THE BURDEN OUT OF IT
AND THE ROUGHEST WAY BECOMES SMOOTH
WHEN YOU CAN TRAVEL IT HAND IN HAND.





I PRAY THAT OUT OF HIS GLORIOUS RICHES
HE MAY STRENGTHEN YOU WITH POWER THROUGH
HIS SPIRIT IN YOUR INNER BEING...



EPHESIANS 3:16



PRAISE BE TO THE LORD,
FOR HE SHOWED HIS WONDERFUL LOVE TO ME
WHEN I WAS IN A BESIEGED CITY.



PSALM 31:21
NIV



THE LORD LOVES JUSTICE,
AND HE WILL NOT ABANDON
HIS GODLY ONES.
THEY WILL BE KEPT SAFE FOREVER,
BUT THE DESCENDANTS OF WICKED
PEOPLE WILL BE CUT OFF.



PSALM 37:28
GOD'S WORD



I WILL LIE DOWN IN PEACE AND SLEEP,
FOR YOU ALONE, O LORD, WILL KEEP ME SAFE.



PSALM 4:8
NLT



DO NOT, O LORD,
WITHHOLD YOUR MERCY FROM ME;
LET YOUR STEADFAST LOVE
AND YOUR FAITHFULNESS
KEEP ME SAFE FOREVER.



PSALM 40:11
NRSV



DO NOT REMEMBER THE SINS OF MY YOUTH
OR MY REBELLIOUS WAYS.
REMEMBER ME, O LORD, IN KEEPING WITH
YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GOODNESS.



PSALM 25:7
GOD'S WORD



BUT THOU, O LORD, ART A
GOD MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS,
SLOW TO ANGER AND ABUNDANT
IN LOVINGKINDNESS AND TRUTH.



PSALM 86:15
NAS



BUT I HAVE TRUSTED IN YOUR MERCY;
MY HEART SHALL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION.



PSALM 13:5
NKJV



HELP US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION,
FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME;
DELIVER US, AND FORGIVE OUR SINS,
FOR YOUR NAME'S SAKE.



PSALM 79:9
NRSV