The other day I was watching the video of Mark Driscoll’s exposition on Ruth 3, and he said something that stood out to me: “The greatest thing is to have a woman you can’t live without, not just a woman you can live with.”
Miranda is, quite simply, a woman I can’t live without. Sometimes I don’t know if I can live with her, but I know I definitely can’t live without her. She’s so vital to my life and ministry, that I know she is the Helper God created for me. Sometimes I feel really bad because I can’t express to her how much I think of her. Sometimes I treat her like nothing, and I’m sorry for it. She knows I love her, but most of the time she never knows just how much. She has to put up with my passion (huge), my temper (getting better), my worries (not so much), and my fears (none :)). She puts up with my family (and vice versa), and my attitude sometimes. She puts up with my teaching (most of the time), my cluttered exterior (always), my lack of fashion sense (rarely), and my far-out dreams (constantly). She submits to my headship no matter what (as long as she knows it’s Godly and Biblical) and she loves every ounce of me.
She’s going to make me a great wife one day, our kids a great mother one day, but for today she is a great woman.
Baby, if you’re reading this, I love you.
