What's It Like to Be Married to Me?: And Other Dangerous Questions

by Linda Dillow

Psalm 92:1–2 in my morning quiet time: “It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.”

You know everything. I don’t feel thankful, but I choose in my will to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to You. I thank You that You are going to work everything together for good, even though I don’t understand Your ways.

Emotional intimacy is being “naked and unashamed.” To be fully known; my darkest thoughts, hateful words, biggest disappointments, and greatest fears—and yet be fully loved and accepted. To know that I have given my heart to my husband, that he takes seriously the role of protector; that he is careful with my heart. And I am careful with his heart. It is knowing him so well and having such a deep understanding of him that I can trust him beyond circumstances. It is being so entwined with one another, yet so different, that we are like one plant putting off two very different blooms.