It is hard to imagine what life would be like without Jim. In just a couple weeks it will be the two year anniversary of when he asked me out. I remember that day so well. I was so cruel to him it wasn’t even funny. He knew that I knew that he had lunch with my dad. He called on Monday, the 14th of February to ask when we could get together to talk. He had just been dropped off by my dad after having lunch together. He was asking his questions and I was cruel! He said along the lines of “Is it alright to meet tomorrow to talk?”, my response “yep”. Jim – “Before or after evangelism?”
Me – “After.”
Yep, I answered in single worded sentences and showed no emotion what so ever! I wasn’t trying to be like that, but that is what came across. He didn’t really know what to make of the conversation, but it didn’t phase him. He slept like a baby that night. I couldn’t sleep at all! But after we talked and officially become a couple I could eat again.
Now it has been two years and I have watched him grow and mature as a husband, father and more importantly as a servant of God. He has grown into a caring devoted husband, a hands on dad, and still makes sure that he still is serving God through ministry at church and at home. He reminds me daily of the wonderful God we serve by reading a Psalm or Proverb to Josiah and I, by reading a devotional or just asking about my spiritual walk. He keeps me accountable, which I don’t always react the way I should because I know he is right. He loves his son dearly and prays for him often… and isn’t afraid to change the boy’s diapers. ;0)
God has worked in Jim’s life in more ways than I can recite. I thank God for the husband that he has given me and I praise Him for the time that He gives me with my one and only.
