Our
little baby was in the high chair tonight doing a little motion dance with her
head rapidly. She was obviously enjoying
her spaghetti I had ground up in the food grinder. Our baby high chair is wooden and has a high
back reaching to the bottom of her neck, and she can lean back on
it if she wants to. Her papa (my
husband) saw a potential accident and warned her and asked her to stop. The potential accident that my husband saw was
that if she is too wild with her little happy high chair dance, she will bang
the side of her head on the back. Our
girl didn’t understand that the warning was for her protection and she began to
whimper and reach out her arms to me. I
leaned toward the high chair and hugged her and explained to her that her papa
loves her. He didn’t want her to hurt
herself. She resumed to the dance and actually did end up hurting herself a bit on the head.
As
I observed the scenario, I realized that I am like our baby in some ways, as it
relates to understanding. Because I am
much older, though, and able to understand more, not misunderstanding my
husband’s love should come easy!
Sometimes my husband will say something to me to warn me because he
loves me and is trying to protect me. I
may not see it that way at first, but indeed, he does quite often see the bigger
picture.
Your observations are very insightful, Lindsey! It is sometimes hard to accept correction or admonition graciously, and this is something I really need to work on myself. But it really helps if we give our husbands the benefit of the doubt and choose to trust their love for us!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tylersgirl! Trust is a very important and a big part in the relationship between a wife and her husband! I know part of submission is choosing to trust, submitting our trust to them... :)
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