Love is enduring
And patient and kind,
It judges all things
With the heart not the mind,
And love can transform
The most common place
Into beauty and splendor
And sweetness and grace.
For love is unselfish,
Giving more than it takes,
And no matter what happens
Love never forsakes,
It's faithful and trusting
And always believing,
Guileless and honest
And never deceiving.
Yes, love is beyond
What man can define,
For love is immortal
And God's gift is divine!

Time is not measured
by the years that you live
But by the deeds that you do
and the joy that you give.

And each day as it comes
brings a chance to each one
To love to the fullest,
leaving nothing undone.

That would brighten the life
or lighten the load
Of some weary traveler
lost on life's road.

So what does it matter
how long we may live
If as long as we live
we unselfishly give.

Love is a journey through the years
With peaks of joy and vales of tears.
A journey two folks take together
Hand in hand through wind and weather ...
For with the trials of life love grows
Like flowers grow 'neath winter's snows,
And love that once was yours alone
God now has made part of His own ...
And as you start another year
May you feel His presence near,
And may happiness that's heaven-sent
Fill both of your hearts with joy and content.