It sounds so cliché when you say you are more in love with your mate now than the day you married them…like that is what you should say. But I mean it genuinely when I say it. Then I realize that many married couples honestly could not say that, even if they wanted to or felt like they should. That is why I don’t take my amazing marriage for granted, at least I try my hardest not to…because besides becoming a Christ-follower, being married is the best thing that has ever happened to me.
It also sounds cliché these days to say that I married my best friend. Again, this is what you should be able to say right? Why would you marry someone you aren’t also best friends with? This also would come from a sincere heart for me. And the fact is, so many married couples are not really even friends. Sure, they may love their mate…but do they even LIKE them? Do they really like spending quality time with their mate? This is why I feel so lucky & blessed to be able to say without a doubt that my husband is my best friend.
8 years ago today…and I am genuinely more in love with my husband, Jim, than I was on our wedding day…AND if that weren’t enough…8 years ago today, I married my best friend. I feel so spoiled & blessed to be able to say these things. Jim is incredible...he is so gifted, handsome, hilarious (I take myself too seriously sometimes), caring, sensitive to my needs, supportive & encouraging, he lifts me up in prayer, a great dad to Jesse, he loves & adores me…but most of all, he loves Jesus. Not that he is perfect or that I am meaning to set him up on some pedestal…but he is truly one of the best people I know. I respect him so much & I can honestly say he is one of my heroes. Even though we have had one of the hardest, most challenging years of our 8 years of marriage (not because of our marriage thank goodness)…we are coming out loving each other more & are each other’s biggest cheerleaders. Only God can do something great like that!
It also sounds cliché these days to say that I married my best friend. Again, this is what you should be able to say right? Why would you marry someone you aren’t also best friends with? This also would come from a sincere heart for me. And the fact is, so many married couples are not really even friends. Sure, they may love their mate…but do they even LIKE them? Do they really like spending quality time with their mate? This is why I feel so lucky & blessed to be able to say without a doubt that my husband is my best friend.
8 years ago today…and I am genuinely more in love with my husband, Jim, than I was on our wedding day…AND if that weren’t enough…8 years ago today, I married my best friend. I feel so spoiled & blessed to be able to say these things. Jim is incredible...he is so gifted, handsome, hilarious (I take myself too seriously sometimes), caring, sensitive to my needs, supportive & encouraging, he lifts me up in prayer, a great dad to Jesse, he loves & adores me…but most of all, he loves Jesus. Not that he is perfect or that I am meaning to set him up on some pedestal…but he is truly one of the best people I know. I respect him so much & I can honestly say he is one of my heroes. Even though we have had one of the hardest, most challenging years of our 8 years of marriage (not because of our marriage thank goodness)…we are coming out loving each other more & are each other’s biggest cheerleaders. Only God can do something great like that!
So, this is a tribute to my amazing man...the man I get the pleasure of spending my life with!
More in love with you now more than ever!
August 11, 2001
Rehearsal Night
Our wedding day, as wonderful as it was, is nothing in comparison to the marriage the Lord has given us. Jim & I have so much to be thankful for...and although I am thankful for him every day, today I am especially thankful!
