I Love My Wife!

I remember the early days of my relationship with my wife. Those days and years that we had first met and gotten to know each other as college kids at San Diego State University.  It’s funny how that many days all I could think about was spending more time with that girl. Classes, friends, work all seemed to fade into the background; each extra second with her was second well spent.  Fifteen years later and much has changed. I no longer want to spend every moment with this woman and there are even days when she drives me nuts. She is far from the perfect woman I met in college and to be fair I’m not longer the perfect man.  Fifteen years later and I still love this woman every bit as much, if not more, than those early days in our relationship.  There is a reason in marriage vows the words “for better or WORSE” appear.  I’m fortunate that the mountain tops are much more frequent than the dark valleys in our relationship but those valleys are so important in allowing me to appreciate the views from atop those peaks. Many things weather with time, looking at my wife the other day I realized she is not one of those things, she has been unchanging…..actually, I take that back, she has changed but for the better.  Even the physical beauty of her youth does not compare to refined model I have today.  My regret is that I have not been a better husband sometimes. I will keep trying and she will keep loving me.  In the middle of our life its obvious our focus has shifted to kids, careers and hustle bustle. I enjoy our quiet times together that much more.  I hope someday to return to spending more and more time together when we both have even more years behind us.  She will be with me for eternity so I worry little about it right now.  God created Eve for Adam and he gave me Gina. I love my life and my wife for better or worse.

Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her…”