I love my husband. Yes, I do. After knowing him for 23 years, I can sit here, smile, giggle, cry and look into his eyes and know that he knows me better than any other person on this earth.
He knows me, yet he loves me.
He knows my sinful, selfish ways, my desires, passions, the ways I fall short as a wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. Yet, he loves me.
Long gone is that silly goofy love that keeps your heart in butterflies of the teenage years. We are well passed that. That young, naive love has been replaced with something that goes deep. It’s the kind of love that goes beyond anything I ever imagined or can fully comprehend. Getting here, has not been easy. The road we have traveled has been similar to many and very different from most.
Yes, different.
We married when I was 18 and by the time I was 20, we divorced and he married another. The years that followed our divorce were some of the most difficult I have ever faced. They were his, as well.
Yet, we found one another again. How God brought us together, is truly beyond our comprehension. How do you physically bring two bodies together who are not even on the same plot of earth. He in one country, and I in another. Yet, God did.
I remember the day the bond and reconciliation began. The irony of the timing is that I was discussing marriage with another man, while sitting on an island in Pacific. A letter arrived. It was from my love. My first love. In the letter were words I will never forget. He shared his love for me and an apology for having hurt me.
That letter, the words and the truth behind it began a new healing. The marriage in discussion was never to be. You see, while ring was not on my finger, it was wrapped eternally around my heart.
Reconciliation was not easy. It was a path that we worked on for years.
We have worked through addictions, habits, lack of knowledge of God’s word, pain, death and many more hurts that one endures upon this planet.
Through the pain, through the tears, through the sweat and sleepless nights, we have grown. Our bond grows deep than any I could ever imagine or explain. It rivals my love of God sometime. Yet,it’s through God that our marriage exists. It is through his love, his path, his plan that we are together.
This life is not an easy road to travel. It was never meant to be traveled alone. God created my husband just for me and I for him. Together we have found grace, lost a baby, grown to know God and many other joys and difficulties in this life.
Together, we have fallen in love with one another and with God. He is the bedrock of our family. Truly, God holds us together, comforts us in storms and celebrates with us in our successes. We pray and kneel before the throne of God and give all that we have and are to him.
I love my husband. I love that I love my husband. I love that my husband loves me, loves our children and more than that, I love that he LOVES God. I love that when he falls short, he still asks for forgiveness. I love that on the many many many days that I fall short, he swoops me up and makes me laugh and blush like a school girl.
I love that our children are witnessing two lives, that are one, grow in Christ and that they giggle and laugh when they see us flirt.
I love my husband and I pray that you love yours. I pray that if you have a hurt heart, you will rest in God and know that HE is our Father and HE loves you!
Do you love your husband?
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That is such a great story Rebecca! It’s so nice to “see” others who LOVE their husbands….dont complain about them…and are happy and blessed to have them! I to LOVE My husband!
Mel
Melissa, it’s so important to share our love of our husbands. the world wants to tear it down, the beautiful union between a man and a woman. Yes – let’s not complain – let’s be encouraging.
This linkup is a GREAT idea! I think I need to be reminded more of why I love my husband. So grateful for your story – and our husband’s nonjudgemental love of us, knowing all our areas of weakness!
Lauren,
Their love for Christ shines through their nonjudgemental love for us, doesn’t it!? Maybe…one day, I’ll share the full story.
What a beautiful story! Thank you for sharing your heart and inspiring the rest of us.
Jennifer, Thank you for dropping by and commenting. It’s definitely God’s story – not mine.
Swoon! What a wonderful story! My hubby and I have been through much healing as well and I think if more people chose to stick out the tough times and lean on God, that they too could experience the blessing of sticking it out – together!
God’s plan for marriage is wonderful, if only we’d choose to believe Him and listen to His advice!
Laurie, people are not taught to work through hard things anymore. Diligence, perseverance- mean little. It’s through those hard moments, where we lay down our own selfish wants, needs and desires that we grow and have an opportunity to show love as Christ did. I’m not perfect, but I’m learning to love through loving a perfect God! Thank you for sharing your comment. I would love to hear your healing story.
Rebecca, you are SO right about people not being taught to work through things anymore. Hubby and I both come from broken homes, me losing my trust in men (among other things) and him dealing with trying not to follow in the footsteps of his alcoholic, abusive father. Through the love of Christ, we’ve both found profound forgiveness, healing, and love, and now we love each other the way God loves us (to the best of our ability, anyway
) and are training up our children in the way that they should go, and striving to be the parents God has called us to be.
No matter what your past, with God, all things truly are possible!
Thanks again, Rebecca!
For reasons you will understand, I could only skim this post because the day is full with run here-run there details on my agenda, and I have to be able to do it all w/o being in hysterics. I am thankful for your reality. <3
I understand and I love ya!
What a beautiful post! It is so encouraging to read love stories like yours. Thank you for sharing it!
Lisa, it’s not the full story, not sure I’m ready for that yet. But, it’s God’s story….
Very beautiful story, may God continue to richly bless your marriage.
Wow, wow, wow! Your love story is remarkable. I had no idea. I love that the ring was eternally around your heart and it was able to make it back to your finger. Thank you so much for sharing (and linking up with us
!.
Fawn, thank you for hosting the link up. So many need to know – marriage is hard work, but when based on God’s word, you can make it through anything.
What a beautiful love story and testimony you and your husband have! I was simply fascinated by your words and the story you two hold. God is so good! I love how He works.
I am truly head over heels in love with my husband. We are on our 14 years of marriage and I still get butterflies when he walks in the room. We have had our many trials throughout our marriage as well and I thank God that we fought for our marriage. We had been very close to divorce and God intervened and said no. My husband is my rock and love him dearly
Thank you for sharing such a remarkable moment in your life.
Blessings!
I love this post! It is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing it. The story of you and your husband is so romantic and beautiful and pure, there is no doubt that God put you two together!
Theresa, thank you. Yes, this is definitely a story about God – not us!
Beautiful post. God is indeed faithful, and soooo good!
Thank you, Carol.
Rebecca, This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing your story or trial and triumph. What a gift from God!
Oh, how I LOVE my husband! And how I adore your heart and spirit and how you glorify the Lord in your life! Love you friend xo