Aesop

An old Aesop's fable that has been cropping up lately for me is the one about the Wind and the Sun. It reads:

The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said: "I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin." So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on.

I was telling my husband tonight of an epiphany I was having, confident that it was going to be a grand realization for him as well, proud of what a word from God I had just heard. Haha.

He was really sweet - let me go on and on about all the great things I was thinking. After I was finished, he gently said, "Yeah, I've been thinking that same thing for a while now. Just waiting for you to realize it too."

My sweet husband. He is definitely my "sun." I can't ever remember a time when he has forced his will on me or required me to change in a way that would surely be better for everybody involved. Instead, he submits his desires straight to the Lord, and trusts Him to work His will in my life on His time. And does that joyfully. And loves me deeply. He's definitely a keeper. :)