{"id":3181,"date":"2023-04-18T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:01:56","slug":"25-years-of-blessed-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/2023\/04\/18\/25-years-of-blessed-union\/","title":{"rendered":"25 years of blessed union"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/342023887_947725586643523_7984506852673467328_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s600x600&amp;_nc_cat=104&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=ad2b24&amp;_nc_ohc=BCS_3rZmGl8AX_7H5wQ&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfBt_zR22-tCdcgiuPKfJreAwu-hvh9VGOZXAVeZ4y1ePQ&amp;oe=6443E6B3\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 18, 1998 &#8211; the beginning of a lifelong adventure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My beloved Holly Belz, today marks 25 years since we made vows to be united with each other in the holy bond of matrimony. You are my one and only, and I love you more today than I knew possible 25 years ago. Life with you as my closest companion, my ministry partner, and my best friend is a wonderful, meaningful, God-anointed adventure. Thank you for being my faithful helpmate, for balancing my intense drivenness with fun, laughter, and levity, for walking beside me in raising three amazing kids who love and seek Christ, and for being an excellent wife, more precious than jewels, a woman who fears the Lord and worthy of praise.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/341717266_707564514479124_5114182103319973373_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=ad2b24&amp;_nc_ohc=HC-w9x3FoKoAX9dJSp-&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfA-yk2898gl3cZWGbIGARyoQs807hyJy4HynEJv1DRi5Q&amp;oe=6443EBCC\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of our favorite activities &#8211; hiking Pacific Northwest trails<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/342000868_1256401245253172_6344335915522416554_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=ad2b24&amp;_nc_ohc=rwv3EdAkfrgAX_jkmIc&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfBHGsptVb5fhEIHMS-upzy9vWfxYa2t0LK2lUQLBDWcaQ&amp;oe=64449266\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snoqualmie Falls &#8211; where we met, got engaged, and continue to build memories<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/341715712_687100896509515_4713742828777516685_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p480x480&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=ad2b24&amp;_nc_ohc=qaAqXIYU8GUAX_henBq&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AfCa7bFpzn3owJmFl5nWR74zO4_NDqjmM5p6Zri5G5FE7g&amp;oe=64447F60\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My bride of 25 years&#8230; I love you, Holly Belz!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My beloved Holly Belz, today marks 25 years since we made vows to be united with each other in the holy bond of matrimony. You are my one and only, and I love you more today than I knew possible 25 years ago. Life with you as my closest companion, my ministry partner, and my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/2023\/04\/18\/25-years-of-blessed-union\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">25 years of blessed union<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3182,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181\/revisions\/3182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}