Ten Years...why do it again?

My husband and I renewed our vows this past weekend. It was the most beautiful thing we could have ever given each other for our anniversary! I was a simple, intimate, celebration of our marriage. It was perfect.  The lunch at the end wasn't that bad either. haha!

Here is an excerpt of my vows to my husband:

Ten years ago, I married my best friend, my confidant, my soul mate. That is true today, as well as a confident man, a courageous man, a gentle man, an amazing father and most importantly, a man who loves the Lord.  When Uncle Billy kept the word “obey” in our original vows....we all laughed. It has taken me sometime to understand why he kept it...You are the head our family and I am the heart...and we can’t survive without each other.  It takes a man who loves the Lord to be strong enough for his wife to submit to her husband. I finally get it! And I am honored. God gave me you. God gave you me.

I cried when I read these words. I meant them...but most importantly I understood them. The whole head of house and obey thingy...I had to pray about it and ask God to reveal to me what that all meant. It isn't about men being superior to women...it has nothing to do with that. In my opinion and how I feel God has revealed to me, is that it has to do with a woman feeling so secure in her marriage and loved that she submits herself to her husband so that they CAN become one flesh. He is the head and the wife is the heart. In Proverbs 31, when I read it I feel empowered! It is such an empowering passage. It shows that a wife can be anything she wants to be. To raise the kids, care for the house, work...and then have her husband praise her! As a wife and a mom we do it cause we want to...not be because we have to. Yes, our days get crazy and insane and balancing can become a bit overwhelming...but we love it! And our husbands...our husbands praise us for what we do! (even though they still leave the toilet seat up, don't pick up their socks...they praise us) We may not hear it like we would like to, but they do praise us...they are men of God.

I love my husband very much...to the point it hurts sometimes. Between his health issues and our financial issues, I cry when I can't help him or make things better. I hate seeing him in pain and worried over finances. But God continues to bless us over and over again!