After completing the morning "kid tasks", I prepared myself to enter my quiet-alone space.....MY SHOWER. Yes, it has become my prayer closet, my ranting station, my conversation place, my place-to-praise, and ultimately my 15-20 minutes of P_E_A_C_E.
As I rushed around "securing" the house from my three-year-old, I couldn't wait to hit the shower and turn it on full blast! Oh how I longed to drown out the sound of Dora the Explorer or was it Wonder Pets??? I'm not sure....it is unimportant to me at this particular point of my dash to the shower.
Finally.... I reach the door that leads to the shower of solitude....my little piece of heaven....Oh, thank you Lord Jesus for showers and please keep my children safe from harm should I decide to stay here until the water is so frigid and cold I think I'm vacationing in Alaska! (Which is a destination I hope to reach before going home...) Okay... water temp - check; robe - check; my "special" shower gel and hair care products (which I hide from the three-year-old) - check! I grab a couple towels and throw them within arms reach on my counter top and yank back the shower curtain....
AAAHHHH....success! The water washes over me and brings such a feeling of relief! I love to close my eyes and stand under the magnificent gushing droplets and imagine it's raining on my head...I know....weirdo!!
As I open my eyes to look around for my "special stash" of shower goodies.....I notice a bunch of letters neatly arranged along the top edge of my shower....
Let me explain: The bathtub is also a haven for my girls. They love to indulge in bubble baths and make believe they are mermaids or pirates (depends on what they've watched that day). In that bucket-0-bathtoys, there is a set of Bathtub Alphabet Letters...you may seen them before. It's just your basic alphabet letters made to adhere to your shower walls. I have used them for "Fun" learning in the tub or shower since my oldest daughter was a baby.
So...imagine my surprise to find a group of them arranged in a message around the top edge of my shower.... This is what is read:
I
LUV
DSM
It took me a moment to realize...it was a love note from my darling husband.... I can hear you....aawwww! He had positioned it in the one place he knew I would take the time to cherish it...my place of solitude... I immediately gushed with emotion! See, my man is just learning how to be romantic. He's not so good with love letters, surprise gifts, poems, or things of that nature. He is excellent at telling me with every other breath how much he loves and cherishes me. He always hold my hand when we are driving down the road. He always snuggles before dozing off to sleep each night and I know he prays for me everyday!
I could go on FOREVER singing his praises and commenting on his outward displays of love for me....I know though...this love is not a love concocted by Mikey
NO! NO!
This love flows through him and out for me to see because he loves Jesus best. This I know for sure...no man could love his woman like Mikey loves me....on his own!
"Beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God and everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God for God is love. So beloved, let us love one another." 1 John 4: 7-8
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