He...

brings me coffee

texts me "I love you"

calls me during the day...just because

tells me I'm beautiful

holds my hand

exchanges knowing glances with me from across a crowded room

listens to me

gives me perspective

encourages me

makes me laugh...a lot

balances me

provides for me

sacrifices for me

supports my dreams

leads me

protects me

teaches me

forgives me

apologizes to me

points me to the Truth

prays for me

kisses me goodnight

loves me

"Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church---a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ's love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They're really doing themselves a favor---since they're already "one" in marriage. No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That's how Christ treat us, the church, since we are part of his body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become "one flesh." This is a huge mystery, and I don't pretend to understand it all. What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honor her husband."

The Message (based upon Ephesians 5:22-33)

This Valentine's season and always, I thank you, Jon.

Thank you for loving me with the kind of love that gives

me a picture of what my Savior is like...

XOXO