- I love that God has redeemed you.
- I love the many evidences of grace that He is working in you.
- I love being your wife.
- I love that you are the father of our children.
- I love the way you love our girls.
- I love the way you seek to serve me.
- I love the way you encourage me to be a better mom/wife.
- I love the way you encourage and compliment our daughters.
- I love that Elizabeth is a complete daddy’s girl.
- I love that you can be goofy.
- I love that you can be serious.
- I love that you like to grocery shop.
- I love how you desire to be a better husband/father
- I love how you pray for me.
- I love how you pray for our daughters.
- I love how you lead us well in the Gospel.
- I love how you are leading us to live the Gospel with joy and not as burdensome.
- I love how you seek to serve others at Desiring God.
- I love that you are sensitive to my needs, and do so with joy.
- I love settling into bed with you each night--even if you are a crazy sleeper.
- I love that you are a morning person.
- I love that you are beginning to accept that I’m NOT a morning person. :)
- I love that you like to cook.
- I love that you don’t mind doing house work.
- I love that you don’t mind watching our girls anytime I need some ‘me’ time.
- I love that as I write 25 things that I love about you, my eyes well up with tears thinking about my deep affection I have for you.
- I even love the way you give a terrible 2 minute back rub.
- I love how excited Elizabeth is when daddy is home.
- I love that Elizabeth calls you ‘Handsome Daddy.’
- I love how big Hannah Kate smiles when you talk to her.
- I love that you aren’t afraid to do our girls hair.
- I love how you leave me love notes.
- I love how handsome you are.
- I love how protective you are over your time in the Word and prayer.
- I love that Jesus emanates through you in all areas of your life.
- I love how patient you are with me.
- I love how you desire to love me as Christ loves me.
- I love that you like to tickle me.
- I love how you compliment me.
- I love the way our girls smell like you after you snuggle with them.
- I love (most of the time) that Elizabeth is fearless with you because she trusts you so.
- I love how you protect me from things/people that hurt me.
- I love how good your hug feels.
- I love the way you work hard to provide for us.
- I love how diligent and disciplined you are with your schedule so you can spend quality time with us.
- I love how safe I feel with you.
- I love that you are my best friend.
- I even love how you steal the covers at night.
- I love that you don’t dwell on my many imperfections, and that most of the time you hardly even notice them.
- I love how beautiful you write.
- I love that you are a tangible way of seeing Christ’s grace lavished on me.
- I love how you encourage me in my weaknesses.
- I love how soft and gentle you point out my sin.
- I love how God shows you sweet things in the Word.
- I love that you like to make up fun games.
- I love how well you can draw.
- I love that you are a book worm.
- I love how wide eyed you get when you are excited about something.
- I love how particular you are about your books, Bible, desk, computer and other things.
- I love how sensitive you are to the Spirit.
- I love how passionate you are.
- I love how often you speak words of grace to me.
- I love your love for other people.
- I love how shepherd-like your heart is towards others.
- I love how your head has to rest just right on your pillow and how your arms have to lay perfectly flat when you go to sleep.
- I even love how terrible you are with time.
- I love that you like to have cereal dates with me.
- I love how you respect me.
- I love how you encourage my walk with the Lord.
- I love that you like to hold my hand even when it’s sweaty.
- I love your smile.
- I love that you say a blessing over our girls every night and each morning you are home with them.
- I love how Jesus has radical changed your life. I love how God has graciously allowed me to watch your transformation and that I'm able to continue to watch you conform to His likeness.
- I love that you have been my boyfriend since 16.
- I love that you’ve been my husband for 3 1/2 years and counting...
- I love how tender you are towards our daughters.
- I love that you're passionate about things that I’m passionate about.
- I love that you don’t mind eating cereal or sandwiches for dinner sometimes.
- I love how much I feel your love.
- I love that you like to have fun.
- I love how bummed you are when the Cardinals lose.
- I love that you like to learn.
- I love how you want to go get our girls after they’ve been in bed only an hour.
- I love that you can be spontaneous and adventurous.
- I love when you write sweet blog post about our daughters.
- I love how available you are to us.
- I love that you like to do 15 push-ups when you think you’ve eaten bad.
- I even love how you criticize every chick flick.
- I love how you give me charitable judgement, even when I’m not as quick to show it to you.
- I love when you try to impress me.
- I love how you desire to be above reproach.
- I love how forthright you are.
- I love how crazy you are over our girls.
- I love that you point me to Jesus.
- I love how quick you are to reconcile after a fight.
- I love how close I feel to you.
- I love how I can read you like a book.
- I love that you can complete my sentences.
- I love how effortlessly this list was to create and how many more reasons I could come up with.
- I love that I will love you forever and that one day my love for you will be perfected.
and I love that all of this is because of His immeasurable grace.
I love you, Jonathan!
3 comments:
This was just too precious
Beautiful. Praise the Lord! May God bless your family and marriage all the more so that it will overflow with grace to others. I pray that I will one day have a marriage like yours.
David, thanks for your comment and encouragement! Blessings to you in Christ!
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