K Babe: Celebrating 5

David and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary this past Friday on August 19! I adore my husband. I am beyond thankful for our marriage. In a world where marriages are crumbling all around or settling to endure the years with complacency....I am thankful to my God, my loving Father, for giving us and sustaining a sweet and strong union! I don’t give credit to God because it’s the “Christian” thing to do; I give credit to God because I have experienced His love working in me and through me to love David. I have experienced being loved by a husband who seeks God, hears God and then loves me out of that overflow. When things are difficult, God reminds me to find my strength, peace and identity in Him. He pursues me with His love. God tells me things like “I have loved you, my people [Betsy], with an everlasting love. With an unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.” (Jeremiah 31:3) God first and foremost fills my heart with the very real need to feel accepted, loved, embraced and cared for. Then, I love David and don’t expect him to meet the needs of my heart that only God can. From this place of security, I love David and am thankful. I can respond to him with grace, patience and mercy. My husband sits with Jesus every morning, learning from Him and letting God’s word be written upon his heart. Then, when he encounters an emotionally unstable or frustrated wife, he responds with tenderness and patience. When we love God more, we love one another more. For 5 years we have experienced this. So, I PRAISE GOD for my marriage!

David is so sweet. He got down on his knees, reread his wedding vows to me and gave me a very, very special gift. He placed another wedding band on my hand. It’s stunning. I cried and read him my vows and cried again while reading them because there was such a deeper meaning behind the words. We have lived out our vows and I can say them with more sincerity, promise and comittment.

Today is Jack David’s 5 month birthday! I have so much love for this baby boy and have learned so, so much in the past 5 months. I have never loved anyone so much just for “who they are,” and not for anything they can do. He is smiling, giggling, sleeping, eating and bringing joy to my heart every day!