In honor of Thanksgiving this week I wanted to post something I’m Thankful for every day.
Sometimes (okay, honestly, a lot) I take for granted the things I have in my life. In the busyness of life and lure of advertising, my appreciation seems to easily dissolves away into discontentment. So this week I will voice what I am thankful for.
1. I am thankful for a husband who shares my values.
This is huge. And don’t get me wrong: I’m thankful for Tim for many other reasons too. But recently I’ve realized how lucky I am to be married to a man that loves God and uses the Bible as his standard for life. When we have parenting decisions to make, I know we will ultimately agree on which direction to go. When we need to pray about where God is directing us in the house search, I know I can trust him.
We agree on what’s truly important. And for that, I am truly thankful.
I’m glad you are thankful for that, because that is about the biggest reason I’m thankful for Tim, too. There can be a lot of other reasons that you love someone and marry them, but not being on the same page spiritually will eventually cause a lot of problems. I speak from experience. But the thing you need to be aware of is that you each grow spiritually at a different rate and need to accept the point the other is at in any given situation. But it is hard when that person is at a point where they don’t care at all what God would think. I don’t think you will ever be at that point in your marriage and for that I, too, am extremely thankful.
We all do have so much to be thankful for and I’m thankful that you are the kind of person who realizes that. You are a gem, Erica!