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Almost 19 years ago, Keith Ling asked me to be his wife. I was driving him over to my sister’s house where I stayed because he had recently gotten out of the hospital. Keith had very nearly lost his life in a robbery attempt just a week or so before.

At first, I thought the medication he was on had “addled” his brain. But after a few minutes, I realized how serious he was. He told me that as he laid in the hospital, coming as close to death as he had, that he had some very serious conversations with God about the legacy that he would leave behind if he died. He realized that he was not ready for that yet.

So we got married in 1989. Now, 18+ years and five children later, we’re still here. And plan on being here for many more years, Lord willing.

Keith, the words of our Marriage Blessing still ring in my ears. I love you and will continue to love you. Thank you for loving me! I am blessed and happy to be your wife.

Marriage Blessing
“O God of Love, Thou hast established marriage for the welfare and happiness of mankind. Thine was the plan, and only with Thee can we work it out with joy. Thou hast said, “It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helpmeet for him.” Now our joys are doubled, since the happiness of one is the happiness of the other. Our burdens are now halved, since when we share them, we divide the load.

Bless this husband. Bless him as provider of nourishment and raiment and sustain him in all the exactions and pressures of his battle for bread. May his strength be her protection, his character be her boast and her pride, and may he so love that she will find in him the haven for which the heart of woman truly longs.

Bless this loving wife. Give her a tenderness that will make her great, a deep sense of understanding and great faith in Thee. Give her that inner beauty of soul that never fades, that eternal youth that is found in holding fast the things that never age.

Teach them that marriage is not living merely for each other; it is two uniting and joining hands to serve Thee. Give them a great spiritual purpose in life. May they seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and the other things shall be added unto them.

May they not expect that perfection of each other that belongs alone to Thee. May they minimize each other’s weakness, be swift to praise and magnify each other’s points of comeliness and strength, and see each other through a lover’s kind and patient eyes.

Now make such assignments to them on the scroll of Thy Will as will bless them and develop their characters as they walk together. Give them enough tears to keep them tender, enough hurts to keep them humane, enough of failure to keep their hands clenched tightly in Thine, and enough success to make them sure they walk with God.

May they never take each other’s love for granted, but always experience that breathless wonder that exclaims, “Out of all this world you have chosen me.” When life is done and the sun is setting, may they be found, then as now, hand in hand, still thanking God for each other.

May they serve Thee happily, faithfully, together, until at last one shall lay the other into the arms of God.

This we ask through Jesus Christ, Great Lover of our souls. Amen.”