A Good Man

You know when you have a good partner? Do you honestly know? I'm going to share with you my perspective.

You have a good partner in life when he gives you his best. He knows when you need a special word, or a little encouragement, and he gives it. You have a good partner when he gives life everything he has, and only has the life he builds with you as his influence. You have a good partner when he worries about you... when you're broken - mentally or physically - or both. He sees your struggle, and he tries his best to compensate for it. He makes sure you're safe. He makes sure you feel well, and when you don't, he responds. You have a good partner when his sole focus is to help you through your toughest times. It doesn't matter if he has to eat out of a can for days... if he has to clean the catbox that makes him gag just by thinking of it... he does what needs to be done. He's a strong, sensitive, beautiful soul who knows your soul. You have a good partner when you don't even realize that he's caring for things when you can't. Pain, chores, trips to urgent care, waiting in the waiting room for what may seem to him like hours... He's willing, and he responds.

My partner is one of these select few. He is a real man in my humble opinion. He works. HARD. He puts all he has into his work in order to make a better life for us. He sees us as an eternal partnership. There's nothing he wouldn't give in order to make our lives better.

We have things we need... we joke about it actually. When he went to London for 4 months last year, we had hopes of our "dream couch" to come out of his efforts of being away. I know that seems silly, but we save up for our purchases. Instead of our dream couch, we ended up with our brand new dream furnace. Without that, we would have been struggling in the middle of this past winter, and you know the winter we had... it was brutal. Thank you Jesus for foresight, and for Ben. Everything else is just gravy. We have all we need, and we live a blessed life. I don't put all of that on Ben's steadfastness... the Lord has a part in our lives that sustains us, even if Ben doesn't see it. My prayers and servanthood blesses our lives without ceasing. I know it. I see it. We are a blessed couple. I may not be able to show the outside world everything that we trust in the Lord for, but He shows the world with the life that I live. I know Jesus is a part of this household... and it's a blessing.

Big blessings or small, I praise the Lord for all of them. Ben is the biggest blessing my life has ever seen. I thank God for him every day.

Look at your life. See your blessings. It's such an amazing reality for me... Ben and I have something that is rarely seen in the world today, and I know it. I have an amazing life... and an amazing partner. Praise the Lord!