Perhaps you have been making Valentines with the children and have been planning pink everything for Thursday but you haven't quite figured out what to give your honey. With Valentine's Day nearly here, I thought I would share a Valentine card I made for my husband a few years back. You can get out your pretty scrapbook supplies, or your plain white cardstock if that's your style, and make a unique card that shows you care to give him the very best.
I started with a picture of the two of us on the front. I added hearts that say "Marry the one you love" and "Love the one you marry". If you need a little refresher on what that looks like day to day pop over to re-read Elizabeth's beautiful post on the Beatitudes for Wives. It will get you in the mood for loving your Valentine. :-)
On the inside I added more hearts with scripture verses. You could choose selections from Corinthians 13 (the Love chapter), or Song of Solomon ;-) (the Love book) or whatever strikes you as appropriate. Pick verses that inspire you and remind you well of the holy and sacred nature of this beautiful thing called married love. In the center I quoted How do I love you? Let me count the ways... I then wrote out a hundred things I love about my husband. The biggies, the little bitty things, the old, original reasons and the new ones more recently discovered -I wrote down a hundred of them. Give it a try. As you sit and contemplate and come up with your hundred, you can't help but thank God for every one of them. Thank God for the man he made just for you. Think about all those reasons why you fell in love with that man and all the wonderful new reasons you've discovered together through the years as you've lived out your married vocation together. Think about how much you love him and why and write it all down. Think of life without him. Think about how to love him better. Have fun counting to a hundred.
You will be giving your husband the gift of your love as well as the gift of a wife with a thankful and appreciative spirit. Thanks always leads to joy.
Give it a try - even if you just jot down your hundred on a plain piece of paper.
It will surely bless you both.
