I have recently been teased for referring to my husband as "precious". It's pretty understandable for anyone that knows my husband. His outgoing, goofy personality does not exactly exude "precious". But let me explain by recalling some precious moments that I have recently encountered.
For our 6 year wedding anniversary, Chris surprised me with private ball room dancing lessons. This was so exciting to me for multiple reasons. I have always been fascinated by ball room dancing ( I watched it as a little girl and absolutely love "Dancing with the Stars"), I love dancing in general and the third reason this was exciting to me is because Chris does not love dancing at all. I know he really loves me when he has to listen to a nationally competitive dance instructor recite "1,2,3,4 and turn,2,3,4..." in his ear. He was always a great student, so this was no exception. He did a great job during our lesson. I on the other hand, got in trouble for trying to lead! LOL I really felt this experience was very metaphorical for marriage in general. The man is the leader of the dance, no matter what. If he makes a mistake, you make a mistake along with him. The female is supposed to be just a half step behind him. The man gets to surprise her with turns and fun twirls and trips around the dance floor and she just gets to trust him and relax. There are times when the woman needs to support herself, for example on dips. She has to be ready and have her feet firmly planted on the floor and he can then dip her safely. I just felt God reveal to me that there are times when maybe I really do think I know better than Chris, but he is the head of the household and God has given him grace for that job. My job is to stand by his side, and his job is to be the head of our household. I never would have thought that I had any feelings like that, but I do like to have control over things and this is an area of my life where I need to learn to trust God, trust Chris trust that favor and grace are given where they are needed. We had such a great time and I just love my husband. He is so caring and patient and fun and I could just brag on him all day! Anyway that was precious moment number 1. We recently spent some time with some friends of ours that we became friends with in New York. They live here in Dallas now and they have a beautiful little girl. When they lived in New York, the wife would teach their dog tricks when she was off and her husband was working, just to keep herself busy. (At West Point, when it snowed, you were stuck, you had to fend for yourself!) She taught their dog a trick where she would hold her arms out in a circle and the dog would jump through it. It was so funny, and we were so impressed! When we got to see them recently, I asked if their little girl does that trick with their dog, and she does! It's so sweet to see them now, with their growing family. Every moment that Chris and I get to talk about our future children, we talk about the things that we want to teach them and talk to them about. As part of our anniversary, I made Chris some video collages of our relationship. One of the videos is of all goofy pictures of us. We talked about how we are glad that we will have a way to show our children pictures of our life before they came along. Chris mentioned wanting to point out to our children how "fun" we are. I was like "we are fun!". But anytime we talk about our future family, is a precious moment for us.
Precious moment number 3- We are in the process of searching for a house. Recently we found a house that we absolutely love, but it's still a little early to look at making an offer because our lease is up at the end of the year. Just talking about what God has done for us since we've been married- all the military craziness and all the moves- and now we are actually about to embark upon purchasing our first house! When we went on the walk through of the house, we both just loved it. I really feel like this is our house, so we are just praying about the next steps to take! Preparing to purchase a house-definitely a precious moment!
I know that it may seem strange to refer to Chris as "precious", but my Chris takes care of me when I'm down, he encourages me about the future and he makes me smile everyday. He is absolutely "precious"...
