My Handsome Blessing - My Husband

When I graduated High School in 2005 I never imagined that I would meet my future husband just 14 months later.

Starting college in the fall of 2006 I wasn't necessarily looking for a boyfriend.  Yes, my family constantly teased me that I would get a boyfriend right after moving to College.  And yes, I heard the phrase 'Ring by Spring' quite a bit.  But after things didn't go well with a couple of guy friends, one of which I actually liked, my first month of college I came to the decision that I didn't want a boyfriend.

I decided that I wasn't going to go searching for a man.  I needed to spend a year focusing on my studies, and my relationship with God.  I was content with where I was in my life and it was great.

June 13, 2009

A very short time later I started hanging out with a completely different group of friends.  A change that was desperately needed.  

In that group was a guy that I became good friends with.  Little did I know that I would marry that man two and a half years later.

Here we are, eight years later and more in love today than we were the day we got married.  I never would have imagined how blessed I would be with the husband that God chose for me.  

God spent almost two decades making, grooming, teaching, guiding, and perfecting this man that is my husband before He ever allowed us to even meet for the first time.  I couldn't be more grateful!

The man that I married is funny, kind, caring, loving, and fiercely loyal to those he loves.  He is helpful, generous, and available to others.  He is a hard worker, a hard working student, and fully devoted to God.

My husband, the man God brought into my life, loves me for who I am.  He has seen me at my best, and at my worst.  He has held me as I laughed so hard I cried, and as I cried so hard it hurt.  He is my biggest supporter, and the first to tell me when I'm being ridiculous.  He pushes me to go for my dreams, while working for his own.

The man I married has spent four years in service to our country as an Airman in the United States Air Force.  Even before he graduated college he started working on his Master's Degree and continued to do so through two deployments.  He is following God's call on his life and steadily working to finish his degree so that he can go back into the Air Force as a Chaplain.  He has never once given up on his dreams, or turned away from following what God has called him to do.

He is also an amazing father.  We have three children in our house right now and he laughs and plays with them, teaches them, loves on them, and is there for them no matter what time of day it is or how long his day at work was.  He constantly shows our children how much they are loved, and what a father's love looks like.  He shares the love of our Heavenly father with them just by loving them unconditionally.

God has blessed me more than I ever deserve by giving me my husband.  I will never be able to thank Him enough for bringing this wonderful man into my life.    

My husband is just one of the many blessings that God has given me.  I often feel very unworthy of the love of my husband.  I am by no means perfect and it is in my lowest moments that I can't fathom why God would bring such a man into my life.  

But see, the thing is, I don't have to deserve anything.  God loves me so much that He does what's best for me.  He loves me unconditionally and showers blessings on me despite my flaws.  Sure, I have my low moments.  But, when those moments come I simply have to look at the blessings in my life and I am reminded of how much I am loved.

I thank God every day for my husband and look forward to many more years together!