I Miss Him!!

Well, we've been in Florida for almost a month now....Aron's been gone since June 6th....and I MISS HIM!!! I have to say that the old adage, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" is absolutely true. We've been away from each other for 20-something days before when he went back to Oregon to finish his chaplain job for the Boy Scout camp he'd been working for (we'd returned home for his grandmother's funeral and the kids and I stayed back), but the difference then was that we were able to talk every day, whether it was on the phone or by chatting online. This time, I have absolutely no communication with the man I love. The last time I heard his voice was June 7th and man oh man, do I miss hearing it!!!

I realize in this time of separation that I'm so amazingly blessed to have such an awesome husband. This is not new news for me, but I think God is showing me afresh. I've been reading "Love and Respect" by Emerson Eggerichs and it is making me understand so much more about the man I've married. I can't wait for him to return so I can tell him how much I respect him. And it won't just be "talk;" it's truth.

I deeply respect my husband. I respect the man of God that he is. His faith is so strong! He loves the Lord so much and greatly desires to follow after Him and to lead us as a family. He has such passion for his dream of leading fathers back into the role that God designed for them and to help those fathers lead their sons into godly manhood.

I'm so proud to be Aron's wife! Our life has been one of many uncertainties but through them all, God has provided, sometimes in miraculous ways. Somedays I think that I'd trade all of those miracles for a life of stability. But then I come to my senses! Stability is found only in Christ, not in a job, a savings account, or plans for the future. My children (and I) have seen God come to our rescue, God answer our prayers, God send provision in countless ways and I wouldn't trade any of that! What a legacy of faith is being left for them! And it's all because I married a dreamer!! :)

I pray that God would continue to build my faith so that I can be the most supportive wife I can be for my husband. And in the 8 days left until I see him, I will continue to pray for him, for God to speak loudly to him, for his continued protection, and for us to be reunited and our marriage to have been forever strengthened through this time.

Can't wait to see this handsome face!!! Ohhhh, I love him!!!