tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12728396758438718692024-03-14T13:47:56.261-04:00Letters to My WifeWords Written To The Most Wonderful Woman In The World.Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-1412934562976480942011-07-11T15:46:00.001-04:002011-07-16T21:38:42.211-04:00Beauty...BEAUTY
John Masefield
Have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain:
I have seen the lady Deidre bringing in the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.
I have heard the song of the blossoms and the old chant of the sea,
And seen strange lands from under the arched white sails of ships;
But the Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-88167454502431802762011-04-14T09:51:00.000-04:002011-04-14T09:51:00.379-04:00Letter's To My Wife | 9 Years...
9 years ago I nervously stood and waiting for my bride to come down the aisle. It was the culmination of close to 4 years of emails, phone calls, voice mails and video conferences. It was the apex of nervous firsts, arrogant seconds,and relaxed thirds. It was the punch line to jokes that only we got. It was the climax of something that we could only dream of.
When God Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-86713316498351603422011-02-02T22:56:00.000-05:002011-02-02T22:56:37.919-05:00Letters | Praying the Word Over You pt 1...Psalm 119 א Aleph 1 Blessed are they whose ways are blameless,
who walk according to the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they who keep his statutes
and seek him with all their heart.
3 They do nothing wrong;
they walk in his ways.
4 You have laid down precepts
that are to be Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-48711381674109730412010-07-23T10:25:00.001-04:002010-07-23T10:25:33.596-04:00Letter's To My Bride | Unbreakable...One of my brides "favorite" movies was Unbreakable. She "enjoyed" this movie so much that we have had many discussions around the merit of this film. With a little creative license I am borrowing the title of, what she feels is a "quality" film. In the book of Matthew chapter 19 versus 4 through 6 we see “Haven't you read,” he replied, “that at the Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-1325305995703336462010-06-17T17:09:00.001-04:002010-06-17T17:09:22.833-04:00Letters To My Bride | Longing...My Dearest Bride, I was sitting here at my desk and I was longing for you. My day drags on in the morning after we separate for work. My focus gets broken frequently by this Longing. It causes me to thin about you. It captures me and slowly lets me go. This longing makes my heart race and my breath quicken. I go from moment to moment trying to get Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-19643986862527564282010-05-27T15:11:00.001-04:002010-05-27T15:11:52.555-04:00You are Beautiful!!!You are an Awesome Wonder and and Amazing Beauty. I know that you do not feel that way, being sick right now, but see yourself as I do. You are the woman who captured my heart and held it even from 3000 miles away. You showed me the true meaning of love You are the woman who captured my mind with your intelligence, quick wit and drive. You kept me on my toes in Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-36283453322147866052010-05-17T16:55:00.001-04:002010-05-17T16:55:34.208-04:00Letters To My Bride | Joel 2:28-29... And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.- Joel 2:28-29 God has poured out His spirit on us and now is the time to answer His call.Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-60952616679773422642010-05-13T08:26:00.001-04:002010-05-13T08:26:49.894-04:00MY Thoughts For You Today...God loves You And So Do I? Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens. -Song of Solomon 2:1 You are AmazingCarlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-75421604102347395532010-04-22T13:36:00.001-04:002010-04-22T13:36:43.321-04:00Letters To My Bride | Overcoming Exhaustion...<!--StartFragment-->I love this photo by Dalla over at Flikr. It had me thinking about my last letter What to do when you are exhausted. Here is some more thoughts from God's Word. When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-10302811728022538012010-03-30T15:24:00.000-04:002010-03-30T15:25:14.880-04:00Letter To My Bride | What To Do When You Are Exhausted...<!--StartFragment-->What To Do When You Feel Exhausted - Day 1 Dearest Wife, I have noticed over some time that you have been dealing with being/feeling exhausted. As I prayed for you this is was given to share with you. This is taken From Psalm 37:34-40. 34 Wait for the Lord and keep his way.He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-86365751875762043992010-02-18T00:05:00.000-05:002010-02-18T00:05:52.994-05:00Letter's To My Wife | Using the Weak God Uses the Weak To Baffle Those Who Think They Are So High And Mighty
... God has chosen those whom the world considers to be puny and powerless - even laughable. These are the very ones God will use to confuse, frustrate, and baffle the political powers of the world! - 1 Corin 1:27
My Prayer For You Today
Lord, help my bride see herself with the full potential she has in Jesus Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-69689174458061349382010-02-05T13:40:00.001-05:002010-02-05T13:40:25.551-05:00Letter's To My Bride | My Prayer For You Today Psalm 33... Psalm 33 1 Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. 2 Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. 3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-56894347886002867612010-01-25T21:29:00.000-05:002010-01-25T22:04:38.582-05:00Letter's To My Wife | The Esther Challenge...I have been holding onto this for a few months and have been trying to avoid it because, frankly it scares me. Late last year while I was studying I was taken to that well known passage from the book of Esther Chapter 7 versus 1-2.So the king and Haman went to dinner with Queen Esther. At this second dinner, while they were drinking wine the king again asked, "Queen Esther, what would you like? Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-69553215721842086042009-12-08T00:59:00.001-05:002009-12-08T01:03:04.332-05:00Letter's To My Wife | Being Like Minded...What it means to be in loveThere isn't really anything that I can add to this... 1st Corinthians 13:3-7 (Msg)If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-10674330802948411372009-12-02T22:25:00.000-05:002009-12-02T22:36:18.297-05:00Letters to My Wife | The Essential Lesson...The Essential LessonFocus: Job 1:20-21Reflect: Job 1:1-21It is what Job knew at the end of the first chapter that we should never forget. It is the essential lesson that if we can learn we will never get caught up in the "why me?" trap.At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-1100437950865353442009-12-01T22:22:00.000-05:002009-12-01T22:39:27.487-05:00Letters to my Wife | Don't Manipulate...Don't ManipulateFocus: Esther 7:2Reflection: Esther 7:1-10My prayer tonight is more of a praise and thanksgiving to God. I am so grateful that we are not manipulators. We operate from transparency and I am happy about that. That is not to say that we do not exercise judgement in how we bring things up to one another. Like Esther did in Chapter 7 of her book. So the king and Haman went to dineCarlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-38856318674697118562009-11-30T23:20:00.000-05:002009-11-30T23:33:42.498-05:00Letters to My Wife | Find Joy...My prayer for you tonight is that you will remember that your joy is not determined by your circumstances. You joy is because nothing can separate you from the love of God. Don't let the mundane take away your joy in the remarkable. I love you and am praying for us. The watchman stands at the gate and is looking out over the landscape.What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for usCarlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-20220339172016068282009-08-23T23:55:00.000-04:002009-08-23T23:57:01.612-04:00Letters To My Wife | Use Me As Your Mirror…Use Me As Your Mirror…Use me as your mirror, when the light isn't so greatI want to reflect the beauty that I see for your sakehe is there telling you that you are not enoughThat you are not able that you are not toughYou, my dear, are a beautiful in every wayI see how much you've grown each and every dayAs a mother you operate with precision and graceI hear, "I love Mommy" and see a smiling Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-63918459179925675162009-07-22T16:34:00.001-04:002009-07-22T16:34:20.267-04:00Letter's to my Bride | Poetry...These are not mine but they spoke to me. So I thought I would share them with you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A gentle word like a spark of light,Illuminates my soulAnd as each sound goes deeper,It's YOU that makes me wholeThere is no corner, no dark place,YOUR LOVE cannot fillAnd if the world starts causing waves,It's your devotion that makes them stillAnd yes youCarlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-33176872436985230992009-04-14T03:00:00.000-04:002009-04-14T03:00:00.671-04:00Letters To My Wife | Happy Anniversary...On April 14, 2002, 7 years ago, God showed me that His will and timing are truly perfect as He joined my wife and I in holy matrimony. I was so nervous. That morning when I got up I had no idea what was in store for me. We hadn’t been together that long. It felt like we had just had our first date. I remembered meeting her for the first time. After emails, phone calls and one failed date Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-40390122672300908442009-04-02T13:09:00.000-04:002009-04-03T14:54:35.629-04:00Did You Know...Did you know that there is a someone who knows you? Did you know that there is someone who understands you? Did you know that there is someone who watches?Did you know that there is someone who listens?Did you know?Did you ever think that you could be really known?Did you ever think that you could be really understood?Did you ever think that you could be really seen?Did you ever think that you Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-43824843341437560452009-02-01T14:31:00.000-05:002009-02-01T14:36:46.565-05:00An Apology...To My Bride,I hope that you will forgive me for my outbursts from yesterday. I lashed out at you when I should have been lashing out at myself. MY frustrations were just that MINE! I am so thankful that you understand me.My prayer for today is that I would be able to bear the fruit of self-control so that I would have a better handle over my emotions. You ahve been so patient with me over theCarlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-43836992829055750382009-01-29T13:38:00.001-05:002009-01-29T13:38:22.336-05:00My Thoughts...I thought of you today As I went along the way Looking out Without a doubt You are lovely in every way Emails and txts to phone When I hear your ringtone In my mind Take your time And make yourself at home I thought of you today As I went along my way In my life As my wife I'd have it no other wayCarlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-18836828930605647152008-11-16T23:20:00.000-05:002008-11-16T23:23:51.936-05:00Letters to My Wife | A Prayer...Father I ask that you would give my wife a good night's rest. Fill her mind with thoughts of Your goodness and Your grace. Remind her to always see Your face. Let her know how much a a gift she is to me. Show her the place where you want her to be. Thank you for bringing her into my life.In Jesus Name,Amen-God's ManCarlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272839675843871869.post-16397425272579369262008-11-14T15:47:00.001-05:002008-11-14T15:47:13.064-05:00Thoughts On My Bride...When I was a boy I thought I knewThe woman who would be my wife.I wanted her to be everythingBeautiful, Smart, Rich, and BoldI only looked at the surfaceBut God looked beneath my request and saw who I amAnd He gave me one who is sweet, and kind.Who loves Him and meOne who will respect me in my crazinessOne who wants to satisfy my needs.When the time had come for me to walk down the aisleI saw Carlton Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212695979215122272noreply@blogger.com0