{"id":4865,"date":"2021-09-25T07:27:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T11:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?p=4865"},"modified":"2021-09-25T07:27:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T11:27:32","slug":"celebrating-two-loves-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/celebrating-two-loves-of-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"CELEBRATING TWO LOVES OF MY LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This weekend we are celebrating two loves of my life, my pastor, husband, best friend, and brother-in-Christ Anthony\u2019s (Tony&#8217;s) birthday and my sweet sister Tonyea\u2019s birthday! I am so fortunate our Father chose me to be loved and adored by two amazing human beings ever; I wasn\u2019t easy to love. Most of you have read my testimony, if you haven\u2019t, please read my book, <em>\u201cMy Return Home to Innocence,\u201d<\/em> found on Amazon.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Return-Home-Innocence-Encounters\/dp\/099879905X\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=My+Return+Home+to+Innocence&amp;qid=1632567805&amp;sr=8-1\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Return-Home-Innocence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tony and Tonyea were given a special grace by our Lord to see the best in broken people and endure with them until their true lives are revealed. It sounds like the <em>Love of God<\/em> to me, what about you? So, today I want to share a few words of my appreciation to them for loving me and never giving up on me&#8230; one lost, broken, and wounded soul.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2021 by Tresca S. Grannum<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=4866\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4866\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4866\" src=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tony-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tony-2.png 623w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tony-2-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tony-2-209x270.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My blessed brother Anthony, my husband, and chosen of Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you for loving me for over 40 years and making so many sacrifices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was not easy loving someone as broken as I was.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Many told you to walk away and find another love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Because you really loved me you chose to remain,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To endure the rejections, my running away, and my pain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You chose to pray for me and hide me where others couldn\u2019t see,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The scars from my past and the enemy of my soul shackling me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank You!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I have discovered you are the man I needed, there could be no other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Who could walk with me so long truly you were chosen by our Father.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You were chosen because<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are a man of grace and integrity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are a man filled with humility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are a man who holds to truth and lies you distaste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are a man of purpose, a man of prayer, power, and grace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are a man whose whole being belongs to the Lord.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are willing to walk with Him where others dare to trod.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you for praying with me daily and holding my hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are my gift from God, such a protective and godly man!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy Birthday my love, my best friend, my heart,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Enjoy today and forever loving our God!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=4867\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4867\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4867\" src=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Forever-Grateful.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TO MY SISTER, CHOSEN JUST FOR ME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2021 by Tresca S. Grannum<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=4868\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4868 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tonyea-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tonyea-2.png 620w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tonyea-2-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Tonyea-2-214x270.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sissy, our Heavenly Father chose you just for me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He knew I needed extra eyes to help me see.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He knew my life would be painful and hard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So, He chose you to be my shield and my guard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I was lost and needed light,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You came into my darkness to give me hope and sight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When in despair, I had lost my way,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You came by my side and there you would stay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In times of pain, rejection, and fear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Your courageous love for me kept you near.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You have been a rock for me when all was gone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You took me in and sheltered me from the raging storms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sissy, it\u2019s in you I find a strength so kind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not many like you in this world I would ever find.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One who is not afraid to help people when they are all alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To give them hope and encouragement to help them carry on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sissy, thank you, I just want you to know our love will never end,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Through eternity we are not just sisters, but we are closest friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=4874\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4874\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4874\" src=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/I-love-You.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/I-love-You.png 324w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/I-love-You-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"text John-15-12\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cThis is My commandment, that you love\u00a0<i>and<\/i>\u00a0unselfishly seek the best for one another, just as I have loved you.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"en-AMP-26713\" class=\"text John-15-13\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13\u00a0<\/sup>No one has greater love<\/span>\u00a0[nor stronger commitment]\u00a0<span class=\"woj\">than to lay down his own life for his friends.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span id=\"en-AMP-26713\" class=\"text John-15-13\"><span class=\"woj\">John 15:12-13 (Amplified)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_4865\"  data-site_id=\"5ac717e5fa8fdf9c02f8d759\"  data-ef_voting=\"push\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/celebrating-two-loves-of-my-life\/\"  data-item_title=\"CELEBRATING TWO LOVES OF MY LIFE\"  data-item_date=\"2021-09-25T07:27:32-04:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This weekend we are celebrating two loves of my life, my pastor, husband, best friend, and brother-in-Christ Anthony\u2019s (Tony&#8217;s) birthday and my sweet sister Tonyea\u2019s birthday! I am so fortunate our Father chose me to be loved and adored by two amazing human beings ever; I wasn\u2019t easy to love. Most of you have read my testimony, if you haven\u2019t, please read my book, \u201cMy Return Home to Innocence,\u201d found on Amazon.\u00a0https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Return-Home-Innocence \u00a0 Tony and Tonyea were given a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/celebrating-two-loves-of-my-life\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_4865\"  data-site_id=\"5ac717e5fa8fdf9c02f8d759\"  data-ef_voting=\"push\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/celebrating-two-loves-of-my-life\/\"  data-item_title=\"CELEBRATING TWO LOVES OF MY LIFE\"  data-item_date=\"2021-09-25T07:27:32-04:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"nisarg-full-width":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tresca Grannum","author_link":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/author\/tresca\/"},"uagb_comment_info":8,"uagb_excerpt":"\u00a0 This weekend we are celebrating two loves of my life, my pastor, husband, best friend, and brother-in-Christ Anthony\u2019s (Tony&#8217;s) birthday and my sweet sister Tonyea\u2019s birthday! 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