Almost 5 years ago we’re ready to call a quit in this marriage thing all due to fear of failure. We were 7 months into marriage and unkind, impatient & so critical towards each other. We were so easily offended by almost anything. Divorce was a commonly used word in our home and for the silliest reasons. Biblically we had no means to even go there, but we were just so stubborn. We had no idea we were cursing our marriage with that “D” word. We hadn’t understood the beauty of grace & gratitude. We were hurting & wounded by one another’s unloving and disrespectful attitudes. It was also 5 years ago almost to the day, we promised to never to threaten our marriage with a “D” again. We invited our closest friends into such an intimate place in order to help us walk out wholeness. God had mercy on us. He began a healing process from childhood wounds that crept into our marriage without us realizing it’s effects. God brought us to our knees and we had so many mindsets to be mended and repented of. We had to decide to fully surrender fear of failure and walk out the beauty of our covenant courageously. We had to learn to forgive each other from offenses that had accumulated over a short time of rudeness. We learned to accept one another fully and we also accepted the fact that we owed ourselves and our future children a power and Godly marriage where grace flows even in the hard moments. That season wasn’t the start of a perfect place, but it was the start of a new heart posture and it’s gotten more grace, love and spirit filled every year since then. On this day flowers do still make me smile, and yessss dinner still gets my tummy excited, but what I thank God for most is another day to live out loving my hubby king as unto the Lord. It’s been such a journey of growth and surrendering moment by moment in marriage and I would not trade it for anything. We needed to be refined and God has used each of us to be a tool for that painful process. We’ve come out on the other side as gold. God truly is faithful. Happy Love day everyday to you boo boo bear. I’m honored to do life as your wife, helpmate, purpose partner, & “the mother to our sweet boy! Just another day to reflect and be so grateful for how far we’ve come by the grace of God. #1John419 #MyWarrior 💕