St Peters RC Church Hamilton

Do you know
how much I love you, my darling?
You are the :
warmth of my smile;
pleasure of my sight;
voice of music to my ears;
choice of my longing;
partner of my belonging;
joy of my happiness;
excitement of my delight;
best companion by day;
true lover by night;
touch of my healing;
helpmate of my tasks;
support of my strength;
encouragement of my endeavours;
adventure of my life;
soulmate of my eternity.
That’s how much I love you!

And more, much more, much, much more,
Beyond anything words can say,
Do I truly love you, my most special one.
And it seems without shadow of doubt,
As much as I love you today,
Tomorrow I will love you even more.
I have – thank God – a love that will grow.
You are for me, wonderful,
Kindly, reliable, gentle and true.
I love you, my darling Hugh,
Through and through all days,
In so very, very many ways,
I love you, my precious one.
And always will for ever more, believe me!

“Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God
whenever I think of you, and every time I pray for you, I always pray with joy, for your
partnership in the gospel from the very first day up to the present. I am quite confident
that the One who began a good work in us will go on completing it until the day of Jesus
Christ comes. It is only right that I should feel like this towards you, because you have a
place in my heart, since you have shared together in the grace that has been mine, both in
the chains of my illness and my work defending and establishing the gospel. For God will
testify for me how much I long for you with all the warm longing of Christ Jesus; it is my

prayer that our love for one another may grow more and more with the knowledge and
complete understanding that will help us to come to true discernment, so that we will be
innocent and free of any trace of guilt when the Day of Christ comes, entirely filled with
the fruits of uprightness through Jesus Christ, for the glory and praise of God.” * Amen

* Philippians 1 v 2-11 personalised

To my dearest husband, with all love and thanks for everything you mean to me and
everything that you do for me. I have a love for you that will grow ever deeper and wider.
We will run with joy, hand in hand together, through the scarlet poppy fields of heaven.
Sue x

20.01.05