One Valentine’s day a few years ago, my husband gave me a card. Inside, it said, You have a beautiful heart. If I read that on a great day, being in a euphoric state of mind, it would have been humbling enough. But I read it on this particular day, which came after the previous night, in which we had quite a spirited argument. I woke up just as angry as I was when I went to sleep, even though we both try to take “Do not let the sun go down on your anger” literally.
My heart wasn’t beautiful! I had a Valentine’s day card for my husband too, but I couldn’t bring myself to give it to him. When I write something or give a card, I have to be in complete agreement with it; if I am not, it feels like a false representation. But he not only left his own card for me to read; he wrote in it one of the most expressive notes I have ever received from him. It was extremely real, loving, kind, and humbling. No one knows me better than him, and no one sees the whole package like he does, and yet, he calls it all beautiful.
We took time to pray before we went to work that day, until all of the misunderstandings had subsided and the peace that surpasses all understanding guarded our hearts and minds once again. This was a new process for us. We didn’t used to make work wait; we allowed other matters to have preeminence over our relationship. This new way was the right thing to do: to ask for forgiveness, to go to God and admit that we were weak, that our wisdom lacks, and that He is the answer.
To tell you the truth, that Valentine’s card with my husband’s note reminded me so much of Jesus. He thinks my heart is beautiful too, no matter what. He doesn’t look on the outward appearance, but He looks at my heart. I am not always in a place to receive that kind of otherworldly love. A love that dies to self so others can live, a love not always sexy and romantic, but solid, mature, and always there, no matter what.
This kind of love is rare, and I am humbled to have such beautiful hearts hold mine.
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