A Million Little Yeses

Lately, the Mr and I have been hooked on the show "How I Met Your Mother". Yes. It's highly inappropriate at times, but gosh darn it. It's hilarious, and we can't get enough of it lately.

Truthfully, we need an intervention. ;)

On a certain episode, a certain character spontaneously proposed to his girlfriend. He was so pleased to hear a simple and elegant, "Yes."

We were with friends while we watched this episode. We all burst out laughing. Our friend's, "Yes" to her husband was excited, blissful, and extremely loud. At least that's how they tell the story.

My yes to The Mr's proposal was...well...many. I couldn't stop saying yes. I said "yes" at every pause until I finally heard those words. "Will you marry me?"

Then I said yes a few more times! lol

There's no wrong way to say yes, but this conversation got me thinking.

One HUGE yes. A million a little yeses. A successful marriage is made up of both.

The HUGE yes, is the yes said in faith. It's the yes said in confidence. It's the knowing that for better or worse, we are going to stick through this and fight for our marriage by the grace of God. It's foundational. It's beautiful. It's fruitful.

Then there are a million little yeses. It's the yes that chooses to watch the college basketball game cheerfully with her husband when she rather be watching The Voice. It's the yes that orders pizza for dinner, though the fridge is full of food, because the wife is exhausted and needs a break from cooking dinner. It's the yes that folds laundry, washes the car, or sends an encouraging text during the day just because.

Continue to choose yes. It will do your marriage good.