6 Years Ago, Yesterday……

I married the best guy on the planet.  I knew then that I had found a “keeper”, but as time has progressed, I’ve learned just how much of a gift God gave to me back in 2002.

Photo courtesy of Gage (with his own, new camera)

Everyone has baggage, and I carried quite a bit of it into our marriage.  Jared always says that he is amazed that I put up with him, but, I am continually amazed that he puts up with me.  He never stops loving me unconditionally.  Even when I expect him to.

My goal this year is for me to run to my husband, rather than away from him.  I want to love him, just as selflessly as he has loved me.  He is an ever-present picture to me of my Savior’s love.  He never gives up on me, even when I withhold my heart from him.  This year, I want to run to my husband and to my Savior.  I don’t want to close my heart off any longer.

Years ago, I pleaded with God to give me a husband who would love me as Christ loves the Church.  I had been hurt deeply, and wanted to know what it meant to be loved “as Christ loves the Church”.  Now I know.