My amazing wife

It is difficult to think back on the previous years of our marriage when I was so hard to live with. I failed at obeying Christ's call to husbands in Ephesians 5:22-33.

Ephesians 5:22-33 The Message (MSG)

^22-24 Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.
^25-28 Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They’re really doing themselves a favor—since they’re already “one” in marriage.
^29-33 No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That’s how Christ treats us, the church, since we are part of his body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become “one flesh.” This is a huge mystery, and I don’t pretend to understand it all. What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honor her husband.

I want to help Amy feel cherished, protected, led, served, beautiful, holy, and well cared for. I want to sacrifice for her and be willing to die for her daily. I want my children to see a Godly example of what it means to be a husband and father. I want to be a man of integrity, strength, yet humble and compassionate.

A week from day will mark two full years since the "earthquake" of my adultery came out. What a journey it has been. I am grateful and amazed at what God has done and hopefully will continue to do. I have a long way to go, but I am glad that Amy and I are together and doing life as a team.

Her journey can be read about on her blog at www.rogers5online.blogspot.com. Reading it helps me tremendously, and I know it has been an inspiration to many others.