to be honest, my view of marriage has always been quite the opposite of our culture's view. i am extremely traditional, which i think is due to the fact that i learned everything i know about marriage from my parents and God, through His word. on top of that, recently in the last two years i have officially fallen in love with babies, childbirth, wife-hood: everything i believe that makes God's heart really happy when it comes to women and how He made us. i have wanted to be a wife for such a long time: i have wanted to serve a really good man, one that leads me to the cross of our Savior and one that loves me so deeply and unconditionally. now that i'm a wife, oh goodness, i love it so much.
i love having a reason to wash dishes daily, to cook dinner for another, to say 'no' to myself and say 'yes' to the man God set apart for me. there is so much sanctification, but so much beauty. before dan and i were married, i heard that besides all of the difficult and rewarding things you go through together, and the first year being the hardest, that it's just like a really awesome slumber party all of the time. i didn't believe it, because i was not eager to romanticize something that might not be accurate. but let me tell you, it really is like the longest and best sleepover over! also, i know i've only been married for three weeks so i don't have a ton of marriage experience or wisdom yet, but i have heard so many mixed things about the first year, and i don't want to believe any of them. the first year is going to be different than any other time of my life because i've never been married before but that doesn't mean i need to hear over and over that it's going to be hard. so what! we have the Lord, and He is our center, and we are actively chasing Him together. whatever our first year is together, it's already been written by Him.
my favorite thing about marriage so far, besides having such a hot babe come home from work to me every single day, is waking up beside him. he is so snuggly in the mornings and it's the cutest and most adorable thing on the planet.
thank You Jesus, i love being a wife!!!
help me to glorify YOU through this journey!
oh my gosh...it IS like a sleepover all the time :)! love this post! and so wonderful to hear other wives who think like me...it's ok to be 'old school' and clean up for your man. thanks for sharing sweet girl!
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love, LOVE this post Cara... I'm so happy for you. That last little blurb about the mornings- AHHH! Warm and fuzzies!? Yep. That is something that I am really looking forward to!
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our first year was the easiest year. BUT we weren't as "close" as we are now because it's more work now which has made us have to fight harder for each other and deny ourselves in a different way than we did before. The intimacy is deeper.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be a great year, but I pray it's not the greatest year of your marriage! There will be better and better and better years! ;)
it's just like childbirth, everyone is so eager to tell you the horror stories (even when you don't even ask, random people at the store see you're pregnant and want to tell you about how bad birth is) BUT people whove had great births need to come out and talk about them! because it's awesome.
oxoxoxox