Over the last
several weeks at Bay Area Community Church, we have been hearing sermons about
marriage, and this was all to lead up to a marriage conference called the Art
of Marriage this weekend. Blake and I had been talking about going but
were having some difficulty finding childcare. Between hearing last week's news
and listening to last Sunday's sermon, we were quickly convinced that the
conference was where we were supposed to be this weekend. My parents gave
us the sweet gift of taking our kids away for the weekend so we could really
enjoy this time together and not be distracted from all that God wanted to
teach us.
In our 8 years of marriage, I have found little
to complain about my husband. But if there is anything I could pick on him for,
it would be his lack of emotion. One of the speakers at the conference said
something that struck me. He said, "Sometimes the things we love the most
about someone are the same things we choose to pick on." I am immediately
taken back to last Friday when we met with Dr. Tafra to hear the biopsy results
and treatment plan. Blake had just been told that his wife had cancer and he
was able to remain clear-headed enough to spend the next 60 or so minutes
asking her questions. As Dr. Tafra stood up to leave the room, she gave me a
hug and she said to me, "You have a wonderful husband and he has asked
really good questions. This will serve you very well as you walk through
this." I already knew I had a wonderful husband but the wisdom,
strength and love he has shown since this trial began has only caused me to
admire him more.
Ephesians 5:25
"Husbands love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up
for her."
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