The Power of Love

One privilege I have as a couples’ therapist is a front row seat to watching how one spouse can

• inspire,
• encourage,
• empower,
• believe in,
• support

the other spouse in a way that

• uplifts,
• grows,
• develops,
• creates “more” in the other person. More confidence, more risking, more relaxing, better sleep, more laughter, just…well…more good stuff.

Saw this today and loved it:

His eyes had caught the light, and he said it slow and I was too young and I’ve gone back to that moment, the way it flashed, a thousand times.

“One thing you can count on is the way I’ll love you.” …
The way he has loved has made his wife a woman. This is what a man can do to a woman.

The way he loves her has made her live.

I don’t care how cold the wind blows. He has always come and in air that’s only smiled, he’s strengthened the stalk of me, opened the petals of who I am and I have fit my skin.

I look him in the eye. Why? Why would he?

“I love you.” He says it simply.

Ann Voskamp

A Holy Experience