“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.” Ephesians 5:20-31
Today I am thankful for my husband, Tim. It has been almost exactly 13 years since we met (it was sometime between Thanksgiving and end-of-semester final exams in 1999, but I don't remember the exact date.) I cannot believe it has been that long! We have been together for 11 years and married 7 1/2 years. I knew early on that Tim was the man I was meant to marry and spend the rest of my life with, although it took a little longer for him to realize that (haha). Over these past 13 years, I have watched this man grow and change in so many ways. Most importantly, I have seen him grow in Christ! I am so proud of this man that I have married, and so thankful for his love for Christ and then for me.
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| sometime in 2000 |
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| during our engagement 2004-2005 |
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| 2006 |
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| 2012 |
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