Dear Future Husband,
First of all, I love you.
Second of all, there are a few things you need to know about me.
I am not going to always do everything the way you like it, and that's not on purpose. I will never do something you hate knowingly or out of spite (sometimes I might, and that will be wrong, and I am sorry), but those things will happen. I don't understand everything that goes on in your mind, but I want to and I will try to, and I won't stop trying until my last breath leaves my lungs.
I want you to know that you will have all of me. Unconditionally. Or as unconditionally as my conditional, human heart can allow.
Thank you for loving our Savior. Thank you for showing me who He is everyday and for leading me closer to Him. It's because of this that I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
I am praying for you, although sometimes I get so caught up in the ways of the world that I forget that you actually exist. I'm sorry for that. I hope that you are praying for me, too.
I can't wait to spend hours with you doing nothing and seconds with you doing everything under the sun. I can't wait to pick out our first house and get a dog and have kids and live happily ever after in our broken, sometimes-terrifying, life together. I can't wait to watch you teach our kids how to love their mother. I can't wait to cook your favorite meal and have it all ready for you when you get home from work (although my plans will most likely be thwarted by my carelessness in forgetting to take the roast out of the oven or leaving salt out entirely).
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
I need you to know that I am not perfect. I am struggling now. I have flaws that I will need to tell you all about and that will be hard for me to express to you. I am really scared of that actually. Please forgive me for the things I have done and the things I am struggling with even now, before I know who you truly are. Please have enough love and mercy to take me in your arms after I pour all of my secrets and lies and failures onto you to gently tell me you still love me and that that will never change.
I know that you have failed as well. And I know that you will continue to fail, sometimes even at the same things, over and over again. I still love you, and I always will. Now, I'm not just going to let it all slide, either. I wouldn't be doing my job as your wife if I did not gently nudge you towards righteousness and dignity; towards integrity and purity. I will do everything in my power to continuously remind you of who you are: a strong, courageous son of our incredible Creator.
You will never know how much I want to make you happy; how much I want to give you everything a man could desire in a wife and mother of his children. I am not mature enough to do that yet, but I will be, and when I am, you can bet that I won't hold anything back. My love for you will be unbreakable, because it will be rooted in Christ. My love for you will be unshakable, because Christ is unshakable and, with you as my leader, I will stay unshaken from Him.
So, my love, wherever you are right now, whatever you are doing; whatever language you speak, whatever color your hair is (at the moment); whatever you have failed at (over and over again), and whatever flaws you may develop in our future together, know this: I forgive you, I love you, and I can't wait to meet you.
With all of my heart,
Your Future Wife
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