Let me preface this post with a warning: This post is going to be about my amazing husband and how much I love him dearly for how his life is a testimony to the love of Christ. So, if you are not in the mood to hear a wife go on about her great husband, you might need to read this post at another time.
Okay, if you are reading this you have been warned. So my story starts with the wonderful news that we finally have a cell phone plan here!!! This was a major feat because we had to wait until we had our one year visas, to get our Bulgarian ID cards that are needed to purchase any kind of long term cell phone plan. Up until this point we were using prepaid phones, and that can get pricey. So, Steven had been doing his research as to what plan he thought would best fit our family. He went to the stores, spoke with people and came home armed with info to throw at me. I told him the decision was up to him and that it really didn't matter to me what kind of phone I had, if it had internet, I just needed to be able to talk with people. A few days later we went to the store together to ask a few questions. The girl that had helped Steven was working there again, and her English was pretty good, so she helped us find what we wanted and was setting everything up for us when I got into a discussion with her about family. I told her we had 3 kids and that I was pregnant. She was shocked and said," That is to many." I told her we love kids and that Steven was a great husband and dad and without him I couldn't do it. She became very serious and said, " I noticed that when he came in the other day. I thought it was very neat that he told me he had to talk about it with his wife before he made a decision about the phones. This is not common. I want to have a family like this. My parents are divorced and I want a good husband." I was so proud that my husbands love towards me was demonstrated in such a way that it caught this young girls attention. I was then able to tell her that is was only because of our understanding of God's great love for us that we were able to have such a great marriage. She agreed, that God needed to be at the center, but I went on to explain that we firmly believe what the bible says about marriage being a commitment, and what it says about family and how husbands and wives should relate to each other. It was a wonderful moment of getting to share the love of God with a young woman obviously seeking true love. Shortly after this her manager came up and told her it was taking to long, and that upset her and threw off the conversation. However, I am praying that when we go to pay our bills, we can continue conversations with her. The main thing God showed me in this situation, was that it is was my husbands love for me that caught this girls attention. It was also the loving relationship we had that greatly appealed to her. This is not something Steven was even conscious of, but as I said in the beginning of this post, that is why I love him so much. His love for Christ is made evident in all his relationships and most of all in his relationship with me. Not saying our marriage is perfect, far from it, but with Christ at the center it gets better every day.
