The Gospel According to Matt

Since it’s mother’s day I want to send some love to the mother of my three sons (otherwise known as my wife).  Seriously, I think she is pretty amazing. 

First, she loves and fears God which sets her on a strong foundation.

Second, she is the “wife of my youth,” as the Proverbs describes her, the one who brings such joy to a man’s life.

Third, she supports and contributes to our family and my ministry beyond what I ever would have expected or even imagined.  She’s like the lady in the cartoon whose psychiatrist says, “So you use 50% of your energy on your job, and 50% of your energy on your kids, and 50% on your husband.  I think I’m beginning to see your problem.”  Except my wife expends about 100% in each area (which I realize is mathematically impossible, but still, you get the point).

Fourth, she puts up with me and this is what I find really astounding.  She knows me better than anyone on planet earth.  She knows my weaknesses and my faults, my sins and my struggles.  She knows how self-conscious and egotistical I can be, all at the same time.  She puts up with my arrogance, pride, and self-centered(ness), and she sticks with me none-the-less.  She knows my inconsistencies and hypocrisies.  She knows I don’t always practice what I preach or preach what I practice.  Yet she loves me just the same.

You’ve heard the humorous saying “Behind every great man there is a surprised woman.”  Well, I’m no great man; but when I occassionally do something well she isn’t surprised which means that she believes in me.  And her belief in me (sometimes blind faith actually) motivates and inspires me to try to be better.

So, on Mother’s Day I just want to take a blog-moment to say “Thank You” to my wife, the love of my life.