I love my husband. Every day I am so proud that he is mine, and that he asked me to be his three years ago. This year has been a whirlwind for us, but it has only made me more thankful that he is a godly, loving, caring, truth-telling man. I know that I am blessed to have all of these days with him, and I pray that I will have more.

But I can’t love him most.

There are so many people out there posting really precious things to Facebook and Twitter. Things like, “I love my husband more than anything!” or “My husband is the most important thing to me!” or “I would do anything for my husband!” On the surface, all of these statements seem aww-inducing and cute. And thanks to the TimeHop app, I think I have even made some of these statements in the past. But now, I catch myself when I’m tempted to type these words or say them out loud, because really, I hope they’re not true.

I hope that I don’t love my husband more than anything. I hope my husband isn’t the most important thing to me. I hope I wouldn’t do anything for my husband.

Jesus said in Luke 14:26, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.” Since wife is included in that list, we know husband is implied as well. And if I place my husband above Jesus, I cannot be His disciple. And if I’m not His disciple, I’m not going to heaven.

So I don’t love my husband more than anything. I love him more than my children. I love him more than my family. I love him more than my job or my clothes or my pets or my anything carnal, but I don’t love him more than I love my Lord. I don’t love him more than I love my God. I don’t love him more than I love the Word.

I don’t allow my husband to become the most important thing to me, either. I don’t neglect worship because I need some time with my husband. I don’t plan date night for a night I should be gathering to study about and grow closer to my Father.

And I definitely won’t do anything for my husband. I won’t break the commands of God for my husband. I won’t allow the unfaithfulness of my husband to drive me to unfaithfulness.

I love my husband. And there is no person on this earth more important to me than he is. But there are Three who created the earth who are far more important to me, and they always will be. I pray that I will never allow myself to love my husband most, so that I can always be the best for him that I am called to be by the Ones I do love the most.