Celebrate the Love in Your Life
On the 6th day of Christmas, my Savior gave to me
The BEST wife that there could ever be!
Today is my wedding anniversary—12 years ago today,
God blessed me by giving me the love of my life!
I have often told her…”God gave you to me…just to show me how much He cares!”
I am blessed beyond measure— I really do NOT deserve her, but I wake up each day trying to earn her!
That’s where Bella always says, “yes, and keep trying!”
We always laugh.
You see…I have learned-- all you need to know “what good is”…is to have had bad.
And I can say that my wife is a gift from God to me.
In the last twelve years, there’s never been a day that I don’t wonder, “what does she see in me?”
And when I ask, and yes, I still do ask…she says, “you are the love of my life—I see the man God gave me!”
And I am sure…there are days when she says, “Lord, that man you gave me…give me strength!”
Believe me, my wife is racking up treasures in Heaven for putting up with me and my life that she inherited.
Did I mention that she is as quiet and demurred as I am loud and extraverted?
Yeh—I may have failed to mention it.
And I have to tell you, 12 years ago, I really didn’t see the point of “quiet time”; why not just keep talking?
12 years later, I have come to appreciate and even treasure the “quiet times” when words are not necessary and movement distracts.
I think God sent her to me just to teach me to sit, rest, relax and enjoy the Selah moments of life!
Selah is a word that you may see a lot in the book of Psalms. It means “Pause!”
And I now know the peace that comes with the joy of just pausing and reflecting on God’s goodness.
And it has made me a better person, a better man, a better friend, a better father and… a better husband.
She has taught me a lot—which is surprising only to me, because…I thought I was sent to her to improve her life!
See? God knows exactly what He’s doing!
For those of you who have been married for a while, you know… marriage takes effort, but I don’t believe it should be work.
I still can’t wait to see her each night and look forward to sharing my successes first with her.
She calms me and excites me; She supports me and protects me; She leans on me and holds me up; She defends me and applauds me.
And that’s why I know how Christ must love the Church because the scripture states that a man should love his wife like Christ loved the church.
He loved the church enough to lay down His life to save theirs; to want the best for them even if it means great sacrifice for Him!(Ephesians5:25-29)
I know how much I want to protect and give the best of myself to my wife, so I can only imagine how much more Jesus loves us!
Really hits home when you realize that God’s intention is for us to love and be loved…just like He loves us!
So today, as I celebrate this day with my lovely bride, why not take a moment to reach out to your gift from God called your spouse?
It’s a week before Christmas— why not plan a night to just go see the lights? Maybe walk down through the neighborhood?
Take the time to let them know…
You still thank God for giving them to you…and you still don’t know what they see in you!
And then… rest, relax, reflect:
Take Time to Selah!
Until Next Time
I’m Just Sayin’…
Brother “A”
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