Marriage

She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.

(Proverbs 31:12)

In my life I’ve been surrounded by a multitude of healthy marriages. One marriage in particular is my grandmother and grandfather’s. Back in the early 90s my grandpa suffered a stroke that limited his ability to do most everything. He can’t form coherent sentences the majority of the time, he can barely walk, he can barely do anything for himself. My grandma has devoted the last twenty plus years to taking care of him every second of every day. She is the definition of a Proverbs 31 woman.

I watch her and I have no idea how she does it. She loves my grandpa with such a selfless love, never expecting anything in return. I guess that this world is so tainted by divorce that the thought of unconditional love is such a foreign concept. For years I never understood why she would put herself through all the strain that she does just to take care of him, but I am now finally starting to.

When my grandma said her wedding vows nearly sixty years ago, she meant it. She loved and loved on him throughout sickness and in health. It didn’t matter what the enemy tried to throw at them, their marriage still stands.

My grandma is the kind of wife I aspire to be one day. I pray to God daily that he will give me a loving husband and, in turn, that I can be a respectful wife. I don’t want my future marriage to be another divorce statistic. I want my future marriage to be filled with all things pleasing to the Lord.