Valentimes Day :)

Well I am going to go out on a limb here and say that yesterday was probably the best "Valentimes" day that I have had yet. I don't really like Valentines day for the same reason that most people don't like it. I want to feel and know that I am loved on a daily basis. I don't feel like my husband needs to spend $60 on a dozen roes on February 14th when he can buy them on May 2nd for $10. They are the same roses, just least expensive. Just because the price is more doesn't signify more love.


I did however feel extremely special and loved yesterday. Jared went out of his way yesterday so that I knew he cared for me and my heart. He wrote me a sweet card and left it for me before he went to work.


The day progressed with him sending me texts just to let me know he was thinking of Gideon and I. We normally have small group on monday nights but at the last minute we decided to cancel. So I ended up getting a heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's. (This may be a new tradition for us!!!) It was so yummy and so easy.

Jared then came home with all this yummy goodness... man knows the way to my heart. haha

After dinner we settled in with our snacks and watched a movie. I should also add here that we put Gideon down at 6:30pm and he slept until 6:30 this morning. What a sleeping angle. I feel like a new woman today! 

The whole purpose of writing this blog is to not only give a shout out to my sweet husband for making me feel so loved yesterday but to give a shout out to God who makes it possible for my husband to love me so dearly. We listened to a sermon a while back by John Piper called Gospel. I will post the link at the bottom. I really encourage you to listen to it. Piper is asking the question how does the love God have for me relate to his passion for me? He says that the God-centered way in which God loves us, for his Glory, brings our joy out of self and into the infinite greatness of God, which brings us full and lasting satisfaction. One of the things that stuck out to me is when Piper addresses Christian couples. He tells us to go to the other person often, even before you get married and say to them "You are my second love." If they are not over joyed with the statement then they should not marry that person or maybe the have some adjusting and searching to do. He says that if Jesus is you number one love, your spouse will be a way more loved number two than if they were number one. I am absolutely over joyed at this statement. I am very proud to be a more loved number two. God is my ultimate. Neither I nor my husband is my ultimate. Here is why, God is the ultimate source of joy because He is the Master and Creator of all things. If my ultimate joy is found in another person, that person will eventually let me down and my joy will be jeopardized. People don't make reliable gods, this includes your spouse. There is only One who is reliable.