Proverbs 31 Man

Finding a husband that is strong, faithful, and humble is hard to find. But when I do he will be worth more than any jewel on Earth. I will have faith in his ability to lead me and our kids because he follows God. He brings out the best in me and never makes me feel worthless. He does what it takes to provide for me and the kids and while doing it, he does it with joy in his heart. He will find a wonderful place to call home while we are here on Earth but never becomes too comfortable with where we are. He will be there to be my strength, to be my calmness in the storm and love me when I feel I can't be loved. He has a heart for people, he gives hope not with material things but with his actions and words. People shall know my husband for his honesty, faith in the Lord and his giving heart. He never worries about tomorrow but lives today with passion and lives it for the Lord. He never speaks out of anger, he speaks and corrects lovingly. I shall encourage my husband in the work he does for the Lord and tell him how wonderful he is to me. No man can fool a woman forever but a man who is honest from the beginning is to be admired. Let his faith and leadership be praised and encouraged for he is a servant of the Most High.

My love story!

You always hear people say love changes you. People truly believe that if they go into this world and find someone to love them, they will be a different person. Somehow, they will see things differently and appreciate life more. Truth is, that hardly ever happens. Love to me is a gift you must wait for, it is one of those presents if you open before Christmas it is not the same, its not as special. Love is something that should sweep you off your feet, it should leave you gasping to catch your next breath. Love should bring joy and thankfulness to your life, most importantly it should make you selfless. Love is about the other person. Being able to look into that person's eyes and seeing their soul, not the outer appearance everyone sees but the true beauty within that person. Love like this...well to be honest I don't see that much of it. I've never experienced true love with a man, partly because I am only 18 years old but love, true love is something I've grown up dreaming about. You know the Disney movies your parents would take you to see that tell you its possible to "live happily ever after" and that men are brave, fight for your honor and even die for you. Also that women are kind, loving and will be there to support the man no matter what. But I have seen the exact opposite when it comes to real life. I began to ask myself is this why there aren't many "happily ever afters"? People have lost sight of what love truly is. It is not an emotion nor a feeling, or what your insides supposedly do when you see that person. Because all those things focus on how we feel! Don't get me wrong that matters...but when that's all we focus on, its wrong! Love is an action, love is being able to look at the other person and say with confidence "I would die for you." Going back to what I said earlier "I've never experienced true love with a man", this still remains true but I have experienced true love with God's son, Jesus Christ. True at one point he was a man but the reason he became a man was and still is to show me, he loves me so much he would walk on Earth for me. He would come down to my level and not care what anyone thought about being seen with a girl like me. The coolest thing is, is that everyday he looks me straight in the eyes with the uttmost sincerity in his voice and tells me, "I will die for you, so we can spend eternity together." Everyday he walks with me, everyday he dies for me, everyday he loves me, everyday he shows me kindness, everyday he shows me his courage, and everyday he shows me selflessness. This love story sounds amazing right but you haven't heard my side yet. So Jesus comes down to Earth to be with me and I act like I don't know him, like I am too cool to be seen with him and when he says he would die for me I laugh because why would someone die for me? Everyday I deny him, everyday I show hate, everyday I show selfishness, everyday I show a cold heart, and worst of all everyday I show a lack of faith in him. What kind of sick and twisted love story is this you might ask? It's mine and everyone else's love story with Jesus. Everyday we deny him, everyday we deny the love of our Savior, the purest most sacrificial love I've ever come to know. The saddest yet most amazing part is that he keeps coming back, he won't abandon me and he continues to show me love and he continues to die for me. I pray that one day I will truly love him, acknowledge him , be kind, selfless and have an undying faith in him. When that day comes I pray it turns into 2 days, 3 days, a week, a month, a year, a decade, a lifetime and an eternity. An eternity is quite a long time to love someone some might say but what they don't know is its not just anyone, for me it will give me time to show him the love he has always deserved.