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My Husband is not Perfect

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Choosing Gratitude: Week 2: Spouse

The year was 1999. I was 15 and he was 16. He made me believe in love at first sight; I just didn’t know it at the time. I wasn’t quite sure how to describe those feelings, but I do know that I have loved my husband for a long time. There were certainly times when I thought I didn’t love him and I was convinced that I would never speak to him again, but somehow we always came back to each other. No one else could ever measure up to him, so it didn’t work. No matter where I was in my life he set the bar for me on the type of man that I loved and loved me back.

He brings me everything that I didn’t think I needed. He is so kind and a gentle giant. He can usually speak peace into my forever racing mind and fast beating heart. For years, I viewed him through rose colored glasses as a my own movie star (no, he’s never been in a movie). He was on a pedestal for me and there was no one on earth that could make me believe that he didn’t belong there.

It took us being apart for almost 5 years for me to truly appreciate him for who he is and who he is to me. I have grown from being the girl who just saw perfection to seeing the man that God created for me…flaws and all. Our journey has taught me that true love is allowing someone to be who they are and striving to love them unconditionally as Christ does for us.

I am so thankful that I love him for who he is. I see him, his soul, his hearts, his wants, his desires, and his flaws and I still love him. Even when, he doesn’t put the dishes in the dish washer (or in the sink for that matter), or yells like there’s a real emergency or tragedy happening when ANY game is on or doesn’t want to share his towel (that’s for you Caitlin) or is just annoying (because sometimes he is just annoying!)

I still love him.

I appreciate him more than I actually tell him, especially because he sees me, too…flaws all. He sees the Type A planner, that likes to have deep conversations when he is sleeping (because he goes to bed at 10 pm), stand in front of the TV during the final seconds of the football game (sometimes even shouting WAS THAT A HAIL MARY?), and only buys stuff that requires him to put it together (with me overseeing the process, of course). Through all of that, he loves me, doesn’t judge me, and only calls me crazy like once a week!

So, no, my husband is not perfect, but I am more grateful and in love with him every day because I know that he is perfect for me.

Thank you for loving me!!!!

Explaining it all,
Charlitta

PS. Check out my friends who are embarking on this gratitude journey with me.
Tia’s Tea
Happily Ever Helgeson
Life by Audrey