I am His

Few people who see my husband and me together will doubt that we love each other. We tend to show it publicly. We are not inappropriate in our PDA, but we also are not ashamed to kiss, touch, and use terms of endearment in public.

The interaction between us reveals several things about our relationship.

Newcomers and outsiders can determine fairly quickly that we are a couple. At church, Doug interacts well with everyone, but there is something a little “different” about the way he and I interact.

People know without a doubt that we enjoy being together. We crave each other's company and do not enjoy being apart.

Our behavior toward one another wards off many threats to our marriage. Threats exist – of that there is no doubt. Threats always exist. No couple is immune to the possibility of attacks on their marriage. It comes in so many forms! But, the active and public appearance of a solid relationship does help ward off some of those attacks. Even couples who are not comfortable with public physical interaction like we are can still present a visible front of unity and love for one another that increases their protection.

It's no wonder that marriage is a biblical example of the spiritual relationship between Christ and the church!

The private, intimate fleshing out of my relationship with the Lord is critical and is...well, private. The world does not need to see what goes on in the inner sanctum of my heart as I commune with my Savior. But, in the process of protecting that private communion, do I also neglect to firmly show the world – and the spiritual forces fighting against us – that I belong to Him?

When people first meet me, do they know that I belong to Jesus? Even if they cannot pinpoint (because of their own lack of spiritual understanding) that I am His, do they get the sense that I'm also not my own? That something is a little different about me?

Do I show that I love being with my Savior? Is it obvious that I crave His company and wither when I am distant from Him for whatever reason?

When those spiritual forces see me, do they realize that certain standard attacks just aren't going to work to pull me away from Jesus? Do they see me as someone with a solid relationship with Christ or as someone they can easily distract?

I love my husband, and I want the world to know it! I want their to be no doubt in anyone's mind that he is mine and there's no wrenching him away from me.

But even moreso, I want the world to know that I am Christ's. Much, much more. May my public life reflect that reality in a profound and powerful way.