Honoring the Gold
25 May 2011 Leave a Comment
I want to take some time to point out some of Jimmy’s great qualities. I believe this is an awesome thing to practice, so here goes.
Fair: Jimmy stands out to me as someone who is remarkably calm and fair in his judgement. His judgement is seldom thwarted by emotions and he often serves as a grounded second opinion for me and other people who need advice.
Honest: I’ve never heard Jimmy lie to anybody, including me. I’ve seen him time and time again choose to tell the truth even at personal expense.
Faithful: When Jim makes a choice to do something or be a certain way, he is motivated to honor that choice. I’ve always been surprised at how this quality manifested in him at a young age. When he was a kid, he decided he wanted to save up for a drum set. Apparently he shoveled manure, or dirt, or something, for a dollar a wheelbarrow. Homie did this until he had enough to buy a set that cost more than you’d care to know. As a kid?! This same drive to honor his choices has played out enormously in our relationship. Goodness knows I take pursuing, and Jimmy has been faithful to do so, to honor his choice to love me and to keep each other close.
Fun: Jimmy and I have explored the great Victoria Falls together, gone hot air balloon riding, rhino tracking, played at water parks together, been hiking, running, swimming, and biking together, played countless games of Egyptian war and scrabble, been fishing, shared maybe ten plane rides, traipsed through the woods, been lost in strange towns, spent many hours making up dialogue while people/animal watching, and more. Not to mention the typical dates, which interestingly only really started to happen somewhat later in our relationship.
Honoring: Jimmy has intentionally been cultivating his ability and choice to honor other people. This doesn’t just apply to me, although I’m probably the one he puts most effort into honoring, since it’s constant, whether or not I’m having a bad hair day. There is one specific time I remember from a few months ago when I was having a bad hair week, to be honest. I wasn’t cooperating or really accepting the good, optimistic, truthful things that Jimmy was offering me. So he got a piece of paper and wrote down the reasons he loves me; really, he wrote down who I am according to the Lord, which is awesome, because I imagine he wasn’t feeling thrilled with my attitude or actions, but in his choosing to view me and treat me the way the Lord does, he caused me to come around. He is good at pulling out the gold in people, and his patience especially makes a difference.
Generous: All I’m going to say is I once told Jimmy I could never break up with him because I’d owe him way too much money.
Obviously I could go on, and if you know Jim, then you know it’s true. He’s amazing, and it does my heart good to sit back and applaud who he is along with all the other people who love him. Being married to him is going to be cool. I anticipate seeing how the Lord sanctifies him!
