Overwhelmed

Now I love Brian for many reasons. I guess I learn new reasons every day or so, little things that pop up and teach me about the guy I married. Not that I didn't know about Brian's convictions before Sunday, August 10th, but that day reminded me yet again of my husband's character. It's one of the best things about him.

Now, before I begin, I need to note that my principles aren't quite as strong as his sometimes. I tend to get too easily bogged down in the people pleasing thoughts, areas of gray, and the what-will-people-thinks that go around in my brain, while Brian's world is much more black and white. This is the best when it comes to his faith.

I love Brian's simple faith. I say simple not to imply a juvenile, shallow, or misinformed kind of faith in God, but in a wholehearted, keep-the-main-things-the-main-things kind of way. He is one of the most thoughtful, complex, and articulate people I know, but wants with all his heart to follow Christ in the basic and best of ways: Love God and Love Others. He wants to be obedient. He wants to act correctly. He finds contentedness in the daily plodding of the Christian's life. And he would hate to know that I'm writing all this about him because he is not one to cherish the center of attention like this. But I have to write it, because this kind of simple faith and strong character is such an example to me. On August 10, Brian stepped forward in obedience to a command that Christ has been calling to his heart for a long time now: Repent and be baptized. He had this opportunity to make a public statement of faith along with his brothers and father on the same day, and I could not have been more proud of him. I come from a long line of infant sprinklers, not adult dunkers, so this whole concept was brand new to me and a subject I approached tentatively, not sure how I felt about it or how to understand it. And yet, watching it happen was an amazing experience I will never forget. 

I felt so full and humbled and glad for the one I married, and so thankful and overwhelmed by the One who saved us. Praise God.