I Thank God For My Wife!

I thank God for giving me

The woman who is my wife;

And for her love for me

Which so wonderfully blessed my life.

God said, looking at His son,

"It's not good that he's alone:

So, I'll give him a companion;

A woman he can call his own”.

So, He brought this wonderful lady

To me to be my bride;

And from that blessed, beautiful day

She has remained by my side.

I never could have understood

How God a man can bless,

Had I not known the woman

Who brought such happiness!

Yes, God has blessed me so much

By giving me His beautiful daughter,

Who stepped into my lonely life

And changed my sadness to laughter.

She has changed so many things

That I thought could never change,

With her ever loving, caring ways

That so beautifully rearrange.

Well she changed my untidiness

And helped me realize,

The benefit of discipline

And learning to organize.

I used to be hot tempered

And would easily lose my head;

But she taught me to say sorry

Before I went to bed.

She has been just wonderful

As a wife and friend to me;

And such an amazing mother

To our children – we have three!

Each passing day brings love so sweet

And many a new surprise;

And to describe what she means to me

Words would not suffice:

So, I ask God for the grace for me

To be the husband she deserves,

And pray that as we grow in years

Our love He preserves.

Yes, I know I’ll always love her

For all the days of my life:

And I thank God for giving me

The woman who is my wife.

Eric Anthony Trott                                                                                                                             

17th January 2013

This is a poem I composed for Doris, who has been my Darling Wife for 19 years now and it was for her birthday which is on the 18th of January.

A wife of noble character who can find?  She is worth far more than rubies. Proverbs 31:10