A lesson I learned from a newly married woman

I am a minister's wife. We have people over all the time, and I honestly love it! It also forces me to regularly clean the house, so that's another bonus. haha😇

We hosted a large group once at our home, we had about 25 people here. That day, there was a newly married, young couple in our midst. The wife made some joke in front of the group about something that irritated her about her husband, conversations continued, but as a married woman...I felt the lingering sting. As the group was wrapping up discussion, the most remarkable and beautiful thing happened. The young wife asked for everyone's attention. And then she apologized to her husband in front of everyone and said some things to honor him instead. Man, my heart was all warm and fuzzy after that meeting.

I have been married 17 years now. It has been an incredible journey. I hope it is clear to my kids, everyone who meets me, and especially my husband...that I adore him. He is a wonderful man and even though neither of us are perfect, and our marriage is not perfect, and our family is not perfect, we love each other deeply. We make lots of mistakes, but as long as we own them and apologize for them, our love will continue to grow. May I never, ever, ever, ever, ever be too proud to apologize to him in private or public. I admire this young woman for her humility and courage. It likely took a lot of debate in her head and heart to apologize in front of all of us, but the value, respect, and love her husband must have felt is soooooooo worth it! I love all the young people we work with, they teach me a lot and I never want to be too old and crusty to learn from these beautiful young ones.