HERE’S TO YOU, MY HANDSOME, WHOLESOME, HOT HUSBAND…OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MY “GENTLE GIANT”:
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD LOOK AT ME AND SEE NOTHING BUT BEAUTY.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD GIVE ME HIS WHOLE HEART.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD ALWAYS BE FAITHFUL TO ONLY ME…FOREVER.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN I WOULD TRUST WITH MY WHOLE LIFE.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS TO LOOK AT.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO LOVED THE LORD WITH HIS ENTIRE BEING.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO MADE ME LAUGH ALL THE TIME.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD ALWAYS LISTEN TO ME.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD STAND BESIDE ME, ALWAYS ENCOURAGING MY DESIRES AND ABILITIES.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO’D BE WILLING TO MARRY ME EVEN THOUGH I WANTED TO HAVE A MILLION CHILDREN. (OKAY, MAYBE NOT A MILLION…AT LEAST 10)
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO PUT ME BEFORE HIMSELF.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO GAVE UP HIS LIFE FOR THE SAKE OF THE KINGDOM BY GIVING HIS LIFE TO OTHERS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD GIVE HIMSELF UP FOR ME, JUST AS CHRIST DOES THE CHURCH.
AND I WAS RIGHT…I DON’T DESERVE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. YET IN SPITE OF THAT, I’VE BEEN GIVEN THEM FREELY THROUGH MY HUSBAND. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT GOD THROUGH THIS MAN, WHO HAS AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE ME THE WAY THE LORD INTENDS A MAN TO LOVE HIS WIFE. I SO OFTEN QUESTION WHETHER I AM WHAT HE NEEDS AND WANTS…….BUT HE HAS LONG FULFILLED MY HEART’S DESIRE JUST BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS. WE SAID WHEN WE MARRIED THAT WE’D STILL BE ON OUR HONEYMOON FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES….AND ALMOST FIVE YEARS LATER, WE’RE STILL CELEBRATING THE AMAZING MARRIAGE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.
SO, HAPPY 29TH BIRTHDAY, MY LOVE!!
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD LOOK AT ME AND SEE NOTHING BUT BEAUTY.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD GIVE ME HIS WHOLE HEART.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD ALWAYS BE FAITHFUL TO ONLY ME…FOREVER.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN I WOULD TRUST WITH MY WHOLE LIFE.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS TO LOOK AT.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO LOVED THE LORD WITH HIS ENTIRE BEING.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO MADE ME LAUGH ALL THE TIME.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD ALWAYS LISTEN TO ME.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD STAND BESIDE ME, ALWAYS ENCOURAGING MY DESIRES AND ABILITIES.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO’D BE WILLING TO MARRY ME EVEN THOUGH I WANTED TO HAVE A MILLION CHILDREN. (OKAY, MAYBE NOT A MILLION…AT LEAST 10)
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO PUT ME BEFORE HIMSELF.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO GAVE UP HIS LIFE FOR THE SAKE OF THE KINGDOM BY GIVING HIS LIFE TO OTHERS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
*I NEVER THOUGHT I DESERVED A MAN WHO WOULD GIVE HIMSELF UP FOR ME, JUST AS CHRIST DOES THE CHURCH.
AND I WAS RIGHT…I DON’T DESERVE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. YET IN SPITE OF THAT, I’VE BEEN GIVEN THEM FREELY THROUGH MY HUSBAND. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT GOD THROUGH THIS MAN, WHO HAS AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE ME THE WAY THE LORD INTENDS A MAN TO LOVE HIS WIFE. I SO OFTEN QUESTION WHETHER I AM WHAT HE NEEDS AND WANTS…….BUT HE HAS LONG FULFILLED MY HEART’S DESIRE JUST BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS. WE SAID WHEN WE MARRIED THAT WE’D STILL BE ON OUR HONEYMOON FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES….AND ALMOST FIVE YEARS LATER, WE’RE STILL CELEBRATING THE AMAZING MARRIAGE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.
SO, HAPPY 29TH BIRTHDAY, MY LOVE!!
