Good morning love...

Good morning dear, 

I thought I'd drop you a few lines on this encouraging Monday morning to remind us both just how good we have it.  

First, we're living the life of our dreams.  We are who we say we are.  Successful.  A power couple.  Loving. 
The Josephs of our Family.  International travel?  Check.  Ministry to marriages?  Check.  Serial inventor and entrepreneur?  Done.  God has given us everything we need to prosper by already giving us His grace and His blessing.  And the blessing of the Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow with it.

Second, our children are blessed.  Scooby and Scrappy Doo both have everything they need to lead embedded on the inside of them.  

Third, our families fulfill the will of God for their lives.  And we get to be there to cheer them on, encourage them, all that good stuff.  

Get ready for a great week, filled with surpassed expectations, new developments, reaffirmed love, and restoration.  Wake up!  Joy is here, wake up!  Yes Lord, yes lord, yes, yes Lord...

love
SDW3

I love you...

Hey babe 

I just wanted to drop you a brief line to let you know that I love you and appreciate everything you do for me and our family.  I appreciate the fact that after a long, difficult day that began kind of rough, you still pushed through to gain professional development last night.  That was admirable.  You can definitely do anything you put your mind to.  

And on top of that, you still found time to give your husband a great massage.  You're the total package boo, and though the job is hard, I hope it's also rewarding, because you're doing it all.  Thank you Jesus for the strength to be everything we need and want to be!

SDW3

It's been a while...

Since I wrote a love letter dedicated solely to you. I was speaking to someone at work recently about the hypothetical conversation we had years ago in the apartment. If the doctor had told me I had to choose between you and one of our children. Do you remember my response? I said I'd choose you. At the time we had no kids, and so I didn't know Riles or Olivia.

The thing is, I'd still make the same choice today. I know I haven't been quite acting like it lately, but you're still my number one lady. And I love you more than anyone or anything else. I should be going above and beyond for you, more so than I do for our daughters. I forgive them effortlessly. I guess it takes me longer to forgive you because I trust you more, and make myself more vulnerable to you. Others I expect to let me down, but for some reason, it still sucks when you do. I guess that's what happens with the one you love the most.

Except I also know that the one I love the most also deserves the most grace from me. I don't ever want to remain in a place where our relationship is based solely on how I feel about you. The truth is, I hate being mad at you. It's the one thing that drains me more than anything else. I need you. All of you, differences and all.

So I'm challenging myself to go find the proverbial "shopping cart" for you every time. Because you're that important to me.