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Flowers Fade Friday: Celebrating My Husband

It’s so easy to go through the motions of marriage. My sinful nature would rather dwell on all the things about my marriage that don’t meet my expectations or the things Micah does that annoy me than celebrate the overflowing goodness that marriage has brought into my life.
But the truth is marriage is a precious gift, and the Bible commands that marriage should be held in honor by all – even by those who are not married. In fact, marriage is so important to God that our eternity with Him will be celebrated at the “marriage supper of the Lamb” {Rev. 19:9}. The image of marriage is a powerful and holy thing that displays the love Christ has for His people – the church.
So recently, in an effort to honor my own marriage, I’ve been thinking of all the ways being married to Micah is a blessing to me. I want to take a minute to CELEBRATE my husband today, because even though he is not perfect, he is a good man and I am honored to be married to him.
*Micah has the most impeccable bathroom etiquette of any man I know. The idea for this post actually came to me one day when I realized that I have NEVER once had to put the toilet seat down after my husband. Apparently, this is the number one pet peeve of women regarding male bathroom behaviors, but it doesn’t exist in my house! Hoorah! Sometimes when we have guests, they will leave the seat up and as I put it down I think to myself, “Wow, my husband never does this!” Gotta love him! In other news, he’s also gotten pretty darn good at closing the shower curtain {because NOBODY wants to see the awful mid-80s flower tiles in our shower, I promise).
*Micah is stellar at keeping both our cars in top shape. He will often take my car to wash and vacuum it and fill it up with gas. He has scheduled oil changes for both our vehicles written on his calendar. Mmmm…that is some good stewardship of our vehicles and something I would never do on my own!
*Micah is amazing at keeping our budget in check and setting financial goals for our family. He convicts me about my own spending and teaches me to be a better steward of our resources. One time he sent me to Walmart to do all our grocery shopping for the week with only $20! Ha! It was quite the adventure, but a very good learning experience AND very humbling. When I got up to the register I was very uncertain that I would have enough money to pay for all my items. It made me more compassionate for those who go up to the register with that feeling every single week as they try to provide for their families.
*Micah has been striving very hard to be a good leader for me. This has included weekly devos and prayer time together as well as a functioning household schedule that we try to follow as closely as we can. He also insists on me taking a day of rest, which is good for my busy little body and soul.
*Aaaannddd…. my husband is hot. The end.
Okay, that’s not really the end. There are countless ways that Micah blesses me, but that’s enough for now. Maybe I will think of some more and do another celebration post again in the future. I encourage you to honor your marriage and reflect on the ways your spouse blesses, encourages, and convicts you.
How can you celebrate your husband this week?!

***Happily linking up to The Wiegands and The Shine Project…

Comments

  1. What a man! My husband tried doing the budget for a couple months and we ended up having to pay overdraft fees like 3 times. So he handed them back over to me.

    I just read Sacred Influence over the summer and it was a really good reminder that I need to focus on my husband's strengths and overlook his weaknesses. So I made a list and there are so many things for me to be thankful for.

    Great post 🙂

  2. love this so much jen!! I just posted something about marriage today too, and your post was beautiful! Makes me think about how I can celebrate peter today! Great idea for a future post. thanks for the inspiration.

  6. What a wonderful tribute to Micah. I can see that he truly loves and honors you, too. Remember, behind every good man is a good woman…and I don't think it's his mom. 🙂

  8. It's my one year wedding anniversary this weekend. We're celebrating it by doing all those things around town that we always talk about doing and never actually do. 🙂 Happy weekend!

  10. hey girl! seriously your comment the Friday Files post made me totally L O L !! i even read it aloud to Hubs. such a great story!

    where are you guys in AZ? hubs went to a small school called embry riddle in prescott. he really loved the place!

    thanks for stopping by our little bloggity blog!

    xoxo

  12. This is precious. I love that pic of you both! Praise God for good men. Micah is so perfect for you! I love seeing how God brings two people together like He did with you both. God is soooo good!
    P.S. My hubby is also the same way about bathroom etiquette… fabulous, right!?! 😉

  13. This was incredibly sweet and most precious post, I just adored it…praise God for you being so wise in seeing what's valuable in your husband…