This guy...

...rocks my world.

Almost 17 years ago I met this guy. He was the 'bad boy'. I was the 'good girl'. We connected immediately. We were married 3 and a half years later.

I will tell you right now, that it was only by the grace of God that our marriage survived.

Truly. In every sense of the word.

For several years we had a love-hate relationship. It was nasty. It was hard. It was heartbreaking.

I was controlling. Selfish. Demanding. Proud.

He was dishonest. Hurtful. Selfish. Irresponsible.

Neither of us are proud of who we used to be...and sometimes still are. Together we sought out truth. Truth in who we are and truth in God's promises. And we're being molded. Changed.

Our marriage back then, in the beginning, was ugly. But it has morphed into something beautiful.

Obviously it's not without trials. Struggles. Temptations. It never will be. But it sure beats what it used to be.

This is my guy. And I cannot describe to you just how much I love him.