i like my wife. maybe that sounds childish or honeymoonish or 
oh-that-guy’s-still-in-love-give-it-a-couple-more-months- ish, but i am struck by that fact. when i have a long day at work and i'm ridiculously tired, the thing i most look forward to is not propping my feet up on the recliner or collapsing on the couch or just falling into bed – no, i simply can’t wait to go home and hug my wife.
i can’t tell you how many naysayers have virtually (and sometimes quite literally) wished trouble and hard times and a loss of our joy in each other upon us. it seems like a daily occurrence to have someone say to us, “oh, you guys are still young and newly married. give it some more time and you’ll get your heads out of the clouds.”
really? i mean, really?
is there that much cynicism, that much disillusion- ment, that much bitterness in our world? does it strike anyone else odd that we get comments like the one above instead of something like “oh, how refreshing to see two people who love each other so much!” why do we default to the naysaying and calls for unhappiness? it seems rather turned on its head.
but one useful parallel i’ve been wrestling with is this: with as much as i love (and am “in love” with my wife), does that passion pale in comparison to my faith in God? if i truly believe that God is as i say i believe he is, should i not be even more excited to get through other things and focus on him? i find that sobering.
i love my wife. a lot. and i don’t plan on stopping, naysayers be scorned. and i hope and pray and yearn that my faith reflects an even deeper passion for my Creator than anything i feel for my wife.
peace – b
