My wife celebrated her birthday this past Monday (Nov. 26). I won’t give her age, but I’m 84 and she is a year younger.

In May we celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary. I tell people that I’ve loved her for 38 years. That’s right, because men don’t really know how to love their wives until they have a spiritual experience with Jesus.

In was in October of 1980 that I had that born-again experience and it was then that I started to read the Bible for the first time.

In Proverbs 18:22 it says that when a man finds a wife, he finds a good thing. Today, I realize that He gave me one of the best!

God’s Word also helps me to describe Jeanne. In Proverbs 31: 10 and 11 it reads: “Who can find a virtuous wife?  For her worth is far above rubies.  The heart of her husband safely trusts her.” Proverbs 31:28: “Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.”

Once while speaking to a group about the different kinds of love, I mentioned that I believe only God can love us unconditionally. On the way home, Jeanne said, “I’ve always loved you unconditionally.” I believed her, but being a man, I knew that men have a difficult time loving as women do.

I thank God that my three daughters learned how to love their husbands from their mother.

Happy Birthday, Jeanne! Thanks for being a godly, faithful, and forgiving wife.

Your Christian walk has been the reason our family is blessed with the love, joy, and strength that is needed to accept the challenges of life.

If you have any questions or comments, please write Harold Keller at Get High on Life, P.O. Drawer U, Reserve, LA 70084, call 985-652-8477 or email hkeller@comcast.net.