So I just want to take a few minutes to brag on my husband ...
We've been married for nearly 17 years. At some point in the past ... probly when things were okay but not great, finances were still pretty shaky and our relationship was recovering from a nasty valley ... I gave him a list of "dreams". They ranged from the relatively minor - "I'd like to be able to go out to eat now and then without having to budget it in and save for it" - to the big one about building an earth home. Honestly I don't remember all of the things I listed out ... it was one of those thinking out loud, daydreaming, what-if types of thoughts.
Josh took notes, and has made a point of checking off those "dreams" as he has worked hard to make each of them come true.
Well, today he really stepped it up and checked off one of the major ones. All week I have been almost giddy with anticipation, but trying to keep it reasonable and not really allowing myself to hope that it would actually happen, and not wanting to say anything until it actually did - almost for fear of jinxing the deal. But this morning, we took a little drive and I came back in this gorgeous beast of a black Mustang.
Of course none of this would have happened without God's blessing and favor ... without Him, Josh and I would have failed long ago and none of what "we" have accomplished would be possible. I was listening to a radio broadcast the other day, and this daddy was talking about how he had to braid his daughter's hair one night. He didn't have a clue how and really kinda botched it, but did the best he could. Well, his wife later taught him how to braid hair, and he was struck by how the braid looks like two cords of hair weaving back and forth ... but it's really three. Without that third section, the braid doesn't work. Just like a braid, a marriage requires three strands all working together to hold strong - God, husband, wife. If any of those strands disappear, the whole thing unravels.
We've been married for nearly 17 years. At some point in the past ... probly when things were okay but not great, finances were still pretty shaky and our relationship was recovering from a nasty valley ... I gave him a list of "dreams". They ranged from the relatively minor - "I'd like to be able to go out to eat now and then without having to budget it in and save for it" - to the big one about building an earth home. Honestly I don't remember all of the things I listed out ... it was one of those thinking out loud, daydreaming, what-if types of thoughts.
Josh took notes, and has made a point of checking off those "dreams" as he has worked hard to make each of them come true.
Well, today he really stepped it up and checked off one of the major ones. All week I have been almost giddy with anticipation, but trying to keep it reasonable and not really allowing myself to hope that it would actually happen, and not wanting to say anything until it actually did - almost for fear of jinxing the deal. But this morning, we took a little drive and I came back in this gorgeous beast of a black Mustang.
Of course none of this would have happened without God's blessing and favor ... without Him, Josh and I would have failed long ago and none of what "we" have accomplished would be possible. I was listening to a radio broadcast the other day, and this daddy was talking about how he had to braid his daughter's hair one night. He didn't have a clue how and really kinda botched it, but did the best he could. Well, his wife later taught him how to braid hair, and he was struck by how the braid looks like two cords of hair weaving back and forth ... but it's really three. Without that third section, the braid doesn't work. Just like a braid, a marriage requires three strands all working together to hold strong - God, husband, wife. If any of those strands disappear, the whole thing unravels.
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