A Bartlett Valentine's Day

Pin It Today we will try to squeeze two birthday parties (Papa Bartlett and Abigail), cousins over, a special project for the each Nana, and a quiet moment to enjoy and reflect on the marriage covenant we live out everyday. I love the chance to show an extra amount of love to someone. Showering blessings and encouragement is not my natural bent, but a day just for that allows me the freedom to go over the top. Abigail is going to get balloons and cake. Papa Bartlett will get steaks and baked potatoes. The Nanas will get valentines and heart necklaces made especially for them by two beautiful boys. 
BUT... my hubby. How do I show him exactly how special he is? How horrible life would be without him? How thankful I am for all his hard work? I am stewing up a few ideas as I write. My best thoughts include things I know he loves. Dates, movies, treats, a clean and warm house, and words of affirmation. However, this morning I was reading about my job as a wife and the need to pray against strongholds in his life and for the his spirit to be strengthen and fed by the word. This is the gift that I really want to give. To heap blessings on his life and I claim God's word in his life.
Here are a few key promises I want to remember to pray for him:
Protection from the enemy - "My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one." John 17:15
A wife with a merry/cheerful heart - "but the cheerful heart  has a continual feast."  Proverbs 15:15
That he would have the joy of the Lord - "The joy of the Lord is my strength." Neh. 8:10
That he would delight in the Lord and meditate on Him - "But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night." Psalms 1:2
Angelic protection - "For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will life you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone." Psalm 91:11-12
There are so many more. I can hardly contain myself from looking for everyone and memorizing each truth. I know this will be the best gift I can ever give.

A gift for Nana

The sweetest treat of all... two godly Nanas.