Rejoice in Her

I ask myself, what was it that drew you to your wife? It was her kind and loving heart, fun loving spirit, and her beauty. Since that was what drew me to her, why would I desire to stray from her.

“¹⁸Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,” — Proverbs 5:18 (ESV)

And there it is. Instruction from God’s Word, “rejoice in the wife of your youth”. Lori and I have been married for over 25 years and the reason we married has not changed. She is still the one with the kind and loving heart, fun loving spirit, and full of beauty. Recently I had the opportunity to again witness all of that as she was caring for her 99 yr old grandfather. He requires assistance in all that he is and does and Lori never turned away from him. She leaned in to give him what he needed. It was again wonderful to see and be part of as she demonstrated a complete act of servitude without requiring anything in return.

As I look and marvel at Lori, I can on rejoice in the fact that she is in my life and I know that if/when the time comes for me to be cared for, and loved in such a way as to potentially burden her, she will not turn away. She will be the one at the front of the line giving that which is needed.

I am blessed to have Lori and I will rejoice in her each day. I will care for her and provide for her as she has done so selfishly for the past 25 years. I will lift her up to the place of honor she belongs and will work to remember the reasons I was drawn to her and rejoice in those.

What is it that drew you to your significant other? Are you aware of them today even some time later? What if you rejoiced in what it was that drew you to them then, and looked to continue rejoicing in them today?