Do you remember the movie Sabrina? Not Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn. The 1995 version with Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond. My wife and I have seen that one more than a dozen times. My favorite line in it is about marriage, given by the character David, played by Greg Kinnear.
Yeah, its that thing where you hang together a lot and sleep in the same room and button each other’s hard to reach buttons. – David Larrabee, Sabrina
I love this explanation of marriage. Obviously it is not complete, but it captures one of my favorite things about being married to my bride: she is my best friend. We do get to hang together a lot and do all those other things too.
I think it is easy for people to forget that marriage has to be built on a solid relationship. Not just a relationship, but one that has priority over all others. After my relationship with God, she comes first. She is before my family or other friends. She is before our son. She is priority.
I think most people start off this way. We truly want to be together and we make each other a priority in the beginning. Then, as familiarity sets in, we start to pursue other things. Before we know it, we are roommates in the same house and out of touch with each other. Has this ever happened to you?
How do we go back to the beginning? We have to make our marriage relationship the priority. How do I find that it works best? My wife is my best friend. She is the one I want to spend my time with. She is the voice I want to hear. Her arms are where I most want to be. I tell her and I show her daily.
To my bride, thank you for being my best friend and partner through all of everything. I am thankful every day that God put us together. I treasure you and am eager to spend each day with you. I love you.
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