I love that he is a man of God. He truly seeks to know God more intimately and strives selfishly to share Christ with others. He is a man of the Word and loves books that will grow him in the knowledge of the Word, closer to God, and to be like Christ. He continually gives up his evenings and days to head to the hospital, counsel, serve, disciple, etc. I am often humbled to see him selflessly give of his time in whatever way that may be to help others. I love that even though our income is lower than ever, he does not hesitate to give a hundred there or a couple hundred to someone in need. I love that money doesn't motivate him and that he is frugal in order to give as much away as he can. I love that he seeks to preach the Word over personal opinion. I love that he is humble, compassionate, gentle, faithful, quick to forgive, and quick to admit wrong without fluffing what he did even in the pulpit.
He is a people person. He loves meeting new people, connecting with friends, and reminiscing with old buddies. I always say he could be a politician because he knows people all over the place, remembers their name, and how he knows them. You can tell he really cares about you when he is talking with you too. He is a great listener. Can I say that again...he is a great listener. I know that is rare in a man...sadly. Along with that he gives great counsel. Because he is a great listener and a godly man, he is able to counsel wisely. I am grateful to see him 'work' through marriage counseling, pre-marital counseling, people hurting, and many other situations. His heart for people is due to his desire that others know Christ and make Him known.
I love him as a husband and as a best friend. Come May, we will have been together for 12 years and married 9! So I guess that isn't much considering my parents have been married 45 years but we hope to get there and further given we are both still on this earth. I am more in love with John than ever. He loves me through the good, bad, and even ugly. He loves in the easy times and he chooses love when I am not so lovable. I love that I can share anything with him, and even talk about my 'feelings' and that he genuinely cares. I love that even after having three boys and hardly spending any time on my physical appearance (newborn baby); he still passionately loves me...me, for who I am. I love that he includes me in things even though I was not the good behind what happened...most good I do as a wife is easy because of John being so lovable, such a good husband, and a godly man. I love that I get to spend the night with a man/live with a man, my man. I love that he is everything I prayed he would be when I was a teenager...even the silly things (godly man, tall, blond, blue eyes, not hairy, athletic, loving, intelligent). I love how he makes me feel and laugh. I love that I can see Christ in his eyes and that his eyes look like love, compassion, and grace. I love that he is gentle yet authoritative and strong. I love the way he looks at me. And then there are all those things I will not discuss...let's just say I love him!
He is a great Dad. I love seeing him love and train the boys in the way they should go. He is such a great helper with the boys by dressing and feeding them in the morning, taking them to school, and doing their bedtime routine with them at night (milk, bath, dress, books, tuck them in, pray, and sing). I love how he invests in them during teaching moments, family worship time and other things such as Mission India. I love seeing them wrestle, play marble works, build things with Legos, and all the other little things he does with them. I love how the boys light up when Daddy gets home. I love seeing them get so excited when they hear the garage door...go hide and then anticipate John finding them and tickling them. I love how he takes them to the library and special one-on-one trips. I love how he makes sure they always respect me and treat me well. I love that he kisses me first showing them that Mommy is number 1 next to Christ. I blesses me to know that the boys know our relationship is full of love and healthy...that they don't have to fear us ever divorcing. I am grateful he loves them well and shows them how to be a godly man, Dad, and husband.
I love all those little things about him too...the fact that he doesn't take sports too seriously but is very athletic, the fact that he looks like he works out 2 hours a day even though he may only work out for 20 minutes 5 times in a month, that he leaves his shoes and clothes in the bathroom if he works late while I am sleeping so that he makes as little noise as possible when coming in the bedroom, that he is considerately quiet when he showers and leaves before any one in the house wakes up, I love the way his eyes look when he is sleepy at night or in the morning when he wakes up, that he does the dishes and laundry without me asking, that he asks if there is any way he can help out around the house, that he gives me a massage every night that he is home and can, that he helps out cooking when he sees I just don't have the arms to do it, the way he leaves encouraging notes and verses for me, the way he emails me blogs for encouragement or for learning, the way he does not promise that he will change because of something we talked about but just shows his change by his actions, the way he practices what he preaches and allows God to work on his heart each week he studies for his sermon, the way he loves reading, the way he is not addicted to video games, the way he is musically talented, the way he can do just about any athletic activity with little effort, the way his mind is photographic and can remember visually somewhere he was a year before that, the way he just knows direction intuitively, the way he seeks to know and learn more being a continual student, the way he can decorate our house better than I can, I love that he dislikes the same foods as me, that he is not embarrassed to buy feminine products for me, how he is often trying to get me to sit and rest instead of work so he can do those things for me, how he often gets me water or any other item, how he shares that funny joke/blog/comment with me, how he strives to learn/do new things on updating or fixing up a foreclosed house, that he works (to make up time lost during the day) really late into the night so that he can help some during the day and be with the boys in the evening, and that he could easily be a meteorologist, travel agent, politician, engineer, etc.
I could go on and on but just wanted you to know that I love you for so many big and little reasons. You are my man and I am grateful!
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