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Thin Places

posted by David Kuo | 2:17am Tuesday September 25, 2007

Eight years ago tonight I married Kimberly Ann McCreery. As with all weddings I was left with snapshots in my head that I tried to take throughout the busy day. They were the kind of snapshots the hired photographer never caught – glimpses of friends, glimpses of my new bride, glimpses of pure joy.
Some months ago Kim found an old disposable camera of the sort we left on tables for people to take their own candid photos during the reception. We developed it without any expectation.
Then it came back and in the roll was a photo I thought I held only my brain. It was this picture of Kim:
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Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, DC September 25, 1999
I have heard it said that the most perfect moments in our lives are the holiest moments because the joy we feel at those moments is the closest imitation of what God’s love really feels like. If that is true then the thinnest place, the holiest place, I have ever been was in a church and at a reception with my bride eight years ago today. Happy Anniversary my love.



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Zero-Equals-Infinity

posted September 25, 2007 at 5:57 am


Very cool David.
Thank-you very much for sharing that with us.



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Donny

posted September 25, 2007 at 6:19 am


Absolutely stunning.



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Doug

posted September 25, 2007 at 6:26 am


Happy anniversary, David and Kim.



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Trish Ryan

posted September 25, 2007 at 6:51 am


That is gorgeous! Happy Anniversary! How amazing to find that camera. Yay God.
Here’s to many, many more :)



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Thinker

posted September 25, 2007 at 9:33 am


Congratulations – my goodness – how full that eight years has been!



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Kathy

posted September 25, 2007 at 11:43 am


God gave you an anniversary present in the form of that camera. How thoughtful of Him and how affirming of your love. Your marriage must give Him a lot of glory.



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PatientWitness

posted September 25, 2007 at 8:25 pm


Happy Anniversary to you both!



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Larry Parker

posted September 26, 2007 at 1:22 am


That was most touching. Happy Anniversary.
I often say, though in some ways it makes no sense, that the happiest day of my life was my wedding day. (I’m divorced.)
Yet it was a day so full of DREAMS and POSSIBILITIES.
That is not to be discounted in this life, even if my dreams (I can’t speak for my ex-wife) for our marriage were ultimately dashed.



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