People in my life - 1. Tex

On the 6th March 2009, Tex and I celebrated our 5th year wedding anniversary. He promised to buy me a diamond ring on our 5th anniversary when we first got married because he didn't get me a "big" rock for our engagement. But with the economy being bad and me not in the mood to shop for a ring (I am a weird woman, I know), we postponed the ring shopping till later. But the diamond ring is only a rock right, who needs one when I have a wonderful husband with a heart of gold?

This is how our story started........Tex and I met through an outreach work during my university days. He was a volunteer at this NGO run by a group of Christians and I was the mission coordinator for our christian fellowship in UPM. I still remember how my then CG leader teased me to consider Tex as a boyfriend. My answer? A definite NOOOOOO! It was not that he wasn't good enough for me, I just thought that he wasn't my type. My home church pastor once said that a good criteria to look for a husband or wife is by marrying someone similar to our own father or mother. Tex was definitely not like my dad. My dad is a firm and tough man. Having been through alot in life, he is a go getter. What he says goes. Tex on the other hand is a gentle type of guy. He is always ready to listen to your point of argument, never pushes his way around instead he persuades, a background person rather than a forefront leader. However, we started to work together alot and I began to realise what a wonderful man of God he really is. After we've dated for 3 years, we finally tied the knot on 6th March 2004.

In the 5 years of married life, we've been through alot of ups and downs. Each and everytime, Tex was the pillar of strength for me. He has this calmness and quiet faith in God that helped us weather through many of the challenges in life. Many people have mistaken me to be the spiritual leader in the family because of my outspokenness and "dramatic" expression of passion for Christ, but time and time again, I was proven weak in my walk. Whenever crisis strikes, I crumbled but Tex was always firm and having this unwavering faith in this Almighty God. He is not perfect though. He can't cook (except Indomie- he makes the best Indomie) and he is not as adventurous as I would like him to be, he doesn't like to take risk and he is not too romantic. Having said that, he is GREAT with Ashley, he is faithful and loves me lots, he is a good son, he is a man of God, he is a good provider, he is a good friend and he is very kind. Somehow, we balanced each other out rather well. I guess he is somewhat like my dad afterall.

When we first got married, alot of friends commented that we were perfect for each other. I will bring some excitement into his life and he will bring some stability in mine was what they said. I thought it was just nice wishes that people say during weddings but just recently, my very close friend's comment on our marriage life strucked me how true it was. She said: "Michelle, I think you have found the perfect soulmate." It was then I realised what a wonderful husband God has blessed me with.

Thank you Lord for the blessing of marriage and family. Keep us close to each other and may our marriage be a testament of Your faithfulness. Amen.