8 years, where has the time gone? 8 years ago today we stood in the presence of The Lord and 2 became 1. 8 years of ups and downs, highs and lows, laughter and tears, trial and victory. 8 years and still you are my best friend, that soft place that I land, the sanity to my insanity. This is what I have learned over those 8 years: First I have found it IMPERATIVE to pray for my husband, even when my feelings are hurt and I dont feel like it because I feel like I have the right to my feelings. It is in those moments that it is the most important to pray. It is hard to stay mad at someone when you are praying for them, it is impossible to carry a grudge against them when you are looking at them threw the eyes of JESUS. Trust me I know that I am no picnic to live with, so if I am expecting him to give me grace and mercy I better be willing to extend it back to him. I remember when I first met my husband, soon after we started dating he said to me, you are the proverbial wife. After our date I ran home and read that chapter out of Proverbs (Proverbs Chapter 31). I began to weep, it was the first time in my life that any man saw me as God saw me. Trust me when I say I was no where near that woman, nor am I today, but I am closer than I was back then. That is not the point the point is that Buck saw that in me, he saw me as God did. That is who I want to be for my husband, that is who I want to be for my children, and more importantly that is who I want to be for my GOD. At our wedding we had the Love Chapter read from the Bible. We were both acutely aware that for our marriage to thrive we needed to keep this chapter knitted into our heart. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self‑seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NIV84) Dont skim past it thinking to yourself you have read it 100 times. Stop for a second, if this isnt a blue print for a happy marriage I dont know what is. Think about if we dealt with each other with these verses knitted into our heart, how many less arguments would we have, how many less hard feelings would their be, how much more grace and mercy would we extend to one another. Long ago I prayed a pray to the Lord regarding my husband, it was during a period of time when we were really struggling. Lord GOD, please give me eyes to see my husband the way You see Him. Open my heart to love him the way You love him. Lord God I pray these things in the precious name of JESUS. Amen. Do you know what happened next? He answered my prayer, instead of seeing my husband threw my flesh I began to see him the way God saw him. Instead of loving him with a heart of flesh I began to love him with the heart of God. It was then that not only my love for him changed, but it was then that our marriage changed, it was then that those verses came to life, and I could see clearly. Happy Anniversary Dear Husband, the love of my life, my gift from God. I thank HIM daily for bringing me you. God Bless the broken road that lead me straight to you
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 14:18:11 +0000