My Best Friend

"Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone; will make him a helper suitable
for him.'" Genesis 2:18


My best friend has been under the weather; he had a series of blood work done yesterday. Today is the third time he wakes up feeling nauseated, yet he decided to go to work. Once there, he felt really bad and decided to come back home. I was still in town dropping off the kids and my niece at the local community college, when he called to talk about his puking. I jokingly teased him..."Maybe you're pregnant?" We both laughed, it was nice to hear a calmness in his voice.

As we both arrived at home, I couldn't help but notice how stressed he looked. I asked if he was feeling okay and if there was anything I could do for him. He mumbled something about "work". Leaning in to give him a hug, we lingered in each others arms, I told him how much I loved him, he whispered in my ear, " I don't know what I've done, that God placed you in my life ".

I smiled, and teased him some more, I told him I had been the one to have been blessed. "God blessed me,... he punished you." He laughed and gave me a big hug, and assured me he had been the one who was blessed.

Now, I know the Lord does not punish us, I was merely conveying a feeling of gratitude. The gratitude I feel every morning, when my husband leans over and gives me a gentle kiss; carefully placed so he will not wake me (because I am not a morning person, and do not like to be woken up). The gratitude, that on his days off, he wakes up and takes the kids to school, the many trips he makes upstairs, due to our potty trained toddler that has a preference to the "Elmo" potty- only upstairs. Even after working 10 or more hours a day, he is my biggest cheerleader, he is my best friend.

Believe me it's hard sometimes; I have to take a step back and appreciate everything about him, especially when I was use to doing everything on my own. Everything he does, for me and our family makes my job as a mother and wife so much easier. "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion." Ecclesiastes 4:9-10.



Dear Lord, help me be the encouraging, supportive wife my husband needs me to be. Today I commit to not complain when he hugs me too tight, or when his facial hair scratches my face. Remind me Lord that it is because he loves me, and it is all because you loved us first.
In Jesus name, Amen.