When I was a girl I looked for the cute boy who would make my heart go pitter-patter. Physical attraction went a long way in my juvenile mind.
Then as you get older you start to look for a fella who doesn’t just look good, but also one who treats you well. And that’s still important.
A lot of women look for a man who will be a good provider, and although I’ve never let someone’s social position or financial situation rule my choices, it is nice to be with someone who doesn’t mind working hard for the people they love.
I happened to marry a man who I find very attractive, and he treats me like a queen. He’s a good provider, and he definitely makes me laugh. You could say I hit the jackpot in the marriage department, but yesterday he did something I didn’t realize would strike me as most important. I mean, twenty-five years ago it certainly wasn’t something I daydreamed about or wrote in my journal concerning the man who would one day be my spouse. But as he sat across from me doing this one thing I realized it was what I wanted most in a man. In fact this is what made him emulate all the other qualities I desired in a mate.
He was on his phone. No surprise there. Our phones seem to be the thing we all have in our hands most days. I simply assumed he was playing some sort of game, when suddenly he remarked something in my direction.
“Can you image being thrown into a furnace?!” He asked.
“No, I can’t.” I replied. “That would be awful.
It was at this point that I realized he had the Bible open on his phone, and then he began to read to me from it. He read a well known Bible story, but as he began to discuss his feelings about the verses with me it took on a new hue. We discussed faith, fear, and Jesus. And it was wonderful.
