Families|March 19, 2014 03:35 EDT
I Love You, I Do; These Popular Christian Couples Know of God's Biblical Romance
Feb. 14 is the day that love is celebrated around the world but for these famous long-term couples Love is what has kept their marriage thriving everyday.
Angela Bassett and Courtney Vance ( 17 Years)
Bassett has been a face in Hollywood since the 70s many would recognize the her from the biographical film in which she plays Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It and many others. Her long-time husband Vance is most recognized from the hit television series Law & Order. The actors first met in Drama school at Yale University. After three of dating, Vance admits that he knew she was the woman he'd been looking for his whole life. Inscribed on both of their wedding rings are their initials with God's initial in the middle.
TobyMac and Amanda Levy Mckeehan (20 Years)
Popular Christian recording artist TobyMac and his wife Amanda were married in 1994, after meeting in Amanda's homeland of Jamaica. Toby and Mandy live in Franklin, Tennessee and have five children. Amanda had to overcome the culture shock of living in another country, but since then the interracial couple's love has been an inspiration to many.
"My wife and kids have completely taught me what it's like to love people and to sacrifice for people," Toby says to thrivingfamily.com. "It really is about loving my wife well, about leading [my kids] to love people well ... and helping them to love God with all their hearts.
Kirk Cameron and Chelsea Noble (22 Years)
Actor Kirk Cameron and his wife Chelsea Noble met on the set of Full House many moon ago. Then noble secured a spot play Cameron's on screen character's girl friend in Growing Pains. The two soon feel in love and were married in 1991. They now have six children, four of whom were adopted
Cameron remembers his mother, liking Noble before he even met her. "I came home and my mom said to me...'She's even more beautiful on the inside than she is on the outside. ... I just want you to know, if you ever meet a girl and you get married, I hope she's someone just like her,'" he said to ET online. "Four years later, I married her."
Joel and Victoria Osteen (27 Years)
Famous Lakewood Church preachers Joel and Victoria Osteen met in a jewelry store that Victoria's family owned. Joel was shopping for a new watch battery and instead she talked him into buying a whole new watch they have been inseparable ever since. Osteen and wife were married in 1987. He often says two important keys to a happy marriage are mutual respect and never forgetting to have fun.
Denzel and Paulette Washington (29 Years)
This Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington met his future wife, Paulette Pearson, on the set of the television film Wilma in 1977. They began courting and were married a few years later.
After having four children, the couple renewed their wedding vows in 1995 in South Africa; the ceremony was officiated by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Washington makes his family priority the actor has been quoted saying, "Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life."
Michael W Smith and Deborah Kay Davis (32 Years)
Contemporary Christian pioneerMichael W.Smith is married to Deborah Kay Davis. Their enduring love began the first day Smith laid eyes on his Bride. "I thought she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. When she passed by, it was all over for me. I was blown away. Totally head over heels in love," Smith penned in his book It's Time To Be Bold. The two have five children together.
