I read this quote while scrolling through Facebook one night. I read it, thought of my husband, and continued to look at the news. However, over the last few days I've realized my husband takes care of me in more ways than I ever thought anyone could.
In the beginning of August we celebrated our three year wedding anniversary. We didn’t go out to dinner, we didn’t even exchange gifts, instead we took a moment to remind one another about the love that brought us together to combine two lives into one. As an emotional person to begin with, I of course cried the entire time. Hearing my husband’s words of love, encouragement, and appreciation for my dedication to our family is something that I think about every day. The man I met seven years ago is not the man I am in love with today, but he is the man I have grown older with, experienced life with, and have grown closer to each day. The man I proudly call my husband is a man God placed in my life to be my partner and I couldn't have imagined the life he built for us.
Being with someone who takes care of you does not mean being with someone who helps pay the bills. It’s someone who will be there for you in times of laughter and in pain. Someone who will support you when you take chances and encourage you if you fail. My husband has encouraged me through failed business startups and poor career decisions. He has encouraged me to follow my dreams that eventually lead me to where I am today.
Happy, fulfilled, and excited for the next step in our life together.
So be with someone that takes care of you, but also be with someone who fulfills you, truly makes you happy, and loves you unconditionally.
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter chapter 4: 8-11
May God remain the central figure in your relationship together. May you never take each others love for granted, but always experience that wonder that exclaims, “Out of all in this world, you have chosen me.” When life is done, may you be found, then as now, hand in hand, still thanking God for each other. May you ever serve Him happily, faithfully, together, until Christ returns in Glory, or until at last one shall lay the other to rest in the arms of the Savior, and all this, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.