The Heart of Her Husband Trusts in Her

 


The book of James says that every good and perfect gift comes FROM God. Several years ago, I realized that, in my life today, most of those gifts come THROUGH my amazing wife. Angie and I met in 1999, got married in 2002, and became parents in 2006. Throughout all that time, she has stood right by my side in every easy and difficult situation, and I could not have asked for a better partner in this life. Like the verse in the image says, my heart trusts in her.

The last line of the verse says, "He will not lack anything good." Our family has definitely seen our share of hardship, especially in the past year and a half, but I can confidently say that, as long as Angie is by my side, I truly am not lacking anything good. God has blessed me beyond measure, even in our difficulties, because he gave me a wife of noble character.

The thing I love most about my wife is not how much she loves me, but how much she loves our children. I pray one day they realize the gift they were given when God chose Angie to be their mother. I know that they can trust her to always be there for them, no matter how old they get.

Each Mother's Day brings a new opportunity for me to honor the gift that God has given me, and I am never able to fully express just how much she means to me and our family. While I was mowing grass yesterday, a line from Garth Brooks just kept replaying in my head: "If tomorrow never comes, will she know how much I love her?" The real answer to that question is no, there is no way on this earth for me to tell her or even show her how much I love her. She really is far more precious than jewels.

I could continue to write for days on just how important Angie is to me and our family, but it still wouldn't be enough. I can only hope to keep trying to show her every day how much I love her and trust that it is enough to get us through each new day.

Heavenly Father, I thank you for all your good and perfect gifts, but I thank you even more for a wife who brings those gifts to me. As long as I have her, I know that do not lack anything good. Jesus and Angie are enough to sustain me through anything I might face today or tomorrow. Thank you, Lord, for a wife that I trust with my whole heart. In the blessed name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

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