Sunday, October 6, 2013

5yr Anniversary

Celebrated 5 years of marriage to Ashley Kelsey this weekend. And by celebrated, I mean laid in bed on Vicodin with a hole in my eardrum (yep, my fault). 

Nevertheless, I love that woman and I love living and learning life with her. I love following God with her. I love spreading the great news about the grace and glory of God with her. I love raising (and conceiving!) kids with her. I love looking at her. I love serving her. I love that she still loves me even when I fail to serve her well. I love that her facial expressions won't let her compromise her honesty. I love when she sings (except when I want Ava to stay sleep for just a few more minutes!). I love her skepticism and her refusal to substitute soothing answers for hard truth. I love her orderliness. I love when she tells me my sermon doesn’t make sense (usually before I’ve preached it). I love her willingness to acknowledge her sin and her quickness to repent. I love her daily awareness of her desperate need for God’s grace. I love her food. I love her eye for beauty but her increasing freedom from its often-oppressive standards. I hate some of the random decorative elements in our house (porcelain horse head, other unidentified objects) but I love how it somehow all comes together into a home.


I just love her I guess. Thankful for five years and excited about this next leg of married life.