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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Valentines Day.

I don't love my wife half as much as she deserves.

With each passing year I see her worth more clearly, and my own love seems hardly an adequate match for such a giving person. She runs herself ragged for our family, and though I ought to spend every night praising her for it, I see that I am not doing this. To be sure, I am more inclined to say something if she slackens her break neck pace.

How can such a worm as I be so fortunate as to be gifted with so fine a wife? I hope in this coming year I will give myself for my wife with greater abandon - my goal is to love her with the selfless love that Christ loved the church - a love that no human being can imitate or approach, but must rise from our union with Christ, for I am not to love her with a love that is similar to Christ's love - but with Christ's actual love - the perfect love He has for her.

God grant this grace.

Labels: love, union with christ, wife

posted by Daniel @ 7:39 AM

3 Comments:

At 1:52 PM, February 14, 2007, Kim said…

That is really sweet, Daniel!

I can say from personal experience that when our children are young, and we feel very overloaded with mothering, to be remembered and appreciated is really valuable.
At 2:35 PM, February 14, 2007, Daniel said…

Thansk Kim. I have been thinking about taking time off work to just give her a day off where she can go out and get away from all the responsibilities of the day. Sounds more and more like a good idea.
At 4:28 AM, February 20, 2007, Baptist Girl said…

It's so nice to see a husband say such lovely words about his wife.

Cristina