Two Sides to Every Coin
He makes me crazy if I’m being honest. The way he puts the big spoons in with the small spoons when he helps empty the dishwasher. When he kicks his shoes off in the middle of a room so I trip over them every.single.time. How he holes things up in a corner to get them out of his line of view instead of just putting them where they go.
We argue and disagree all the time because we are so completely different. We view things from different worlds it seems. He’s a rule follower, I’m the rebel heart. He boils my blood and I boil his. There are moments where I question how we ever got together at all, much less how we’ll ever keep going forward. Marry him, they said. You’ll be happy, they said.
COIN FLIP
His smile still makes my stomach do summersaults. When his thoughts land, I can see he really does care about what’s going on around him. Teasing him makes us both laugh, and his goofiness keeps the weight of the world lighter. The mischievous glint in his eye keeps mundane life awake. When he walks through the door, my heart skips a beat. There’s nothing more sexy than his walk to find me out in the garden.
We are two pieces cut from very different templates, but fitting snuggly together in this puzzle of life. The only reason we fit and the only reason we stay together is because our marriage was the design of the Creator. Walking through the mucky moments of life, or the places of deep waters threatens to undo us every time; but the one reason we are not undone is because Jesus is doing His thing of holding all things together.
To the one waiting for their knight in shining armor or their maiden princess:
There will always be two sides to the coin. Expect nothing less. The Lord redeems it all as you move toward Him now in your waiting and then in your uniting. Make Him the love of your heart.
(Hey Babe, thanks for sticking me out, choosing to love me these 26 years, and always choosing the way of grace. I still like you more often than I don’t! I’m completely thankful for you and the life we share. We earned every one of these wrinkles and salty streaks! Happy Anniversary!)
