I have organized a part of a counter
in my kitchen which is the end of a counter right next to the walking way out
of the kitchen. I had a pile of unused
stuff. I removed it from the area, and I
also replaced an old picture in a frame by the sink with a more up-to-date
photo. I am still in the middle of
organizing the kitchen. I still have
Tuesday so will work very hard on it then.
Something
occurred to me recently about how serious it is to be spiritually strong in
regards to being helpmeets. We can be
used by Satan to defeat our husbands or be used by God to build them up to a
point so they can encourage other men and encourage other men. I know that if we wives encouraged each other
more about being the helper we are each to be to our own husbands, sharing
insights into topics presented, we could really be edifying each other to be great
benefits to the kingdom of God. I want
you to be encouraged to be used by God to enable your husbands to their best
potential at serving the Lord.
The
“One More Thing” from the title is in the area of how I’ve had troubles getting
my head around the importance of greeting my husband joyfully when he comes,
now I feel more free that I have found insight to having success in this area. I had heard before that I shouldn’t present
things to him that need to be repaired, etc. right away when he arrives home. However, I had messed it up yesterday ‘cause
I didn’t have understanding into the matter and realized at the end of the day
a great lesson to learn and pass on. Logic
is that our husbands like to repair things so they like to, but not right away
when they get home and ideally, not at all (except for those they work for in
their places of employment), so that your and his home can be a sanctuary for
him! Followers of encouragingwives.blogspot.com:
please put forth your encouragement on topics presented. We need to be spiritually strong. Do not hesitate to encourage each other with
your insights and experiences. We are
facing an enemy, Satan, and we want to stand against him with all we can to
uplift our men. I am going to be working
on this area this next week and write an entry next week, telling you all how
it went for me. Please work on it
yourself, also, and please comment on my entry next week, saying how it worked
for you.
Allowing Satan to defeat our husbands through us is a serious subject. Thank you, Lindsey, for addressing this candidly. I can see ne of Satan's arrows that hits me is failing to give thanks for all things. When I don't give thanks to my God for His blessings, and focus on my frustrating day or depressed mood, I become wrapped up with how I feel and how awful the day is going, and end up sapping my husband with the need for his sympathy and solutions.
ReplyDeleteI found a paragraph this week,
"Could it be--no one receives the peace of God without giving thanks to God? Is this why God asks us to give thanks even when things look a failure? When there doesn't seem much to give thanks for?"
The author shares these startling verses. "For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him...and their foolish heart was darkened....so God gave them over to a depraved mind." Romans 1:21 & 28.
The author concludes with this, "Our fall is always first a failure to give thanks."
I am working to make our home calm and peaceful for my husband. A sweet refuge where my problems and questions are NOT center stage. I don't want to gloss over things that should be talked about or pretend my day was perfect. But I do want to put thankfulness to God center stage, and view my questions and difficulties through that thankfulness, instead of needing my husband to "fix my mood".
Thanks, Mary Lynn! I wonder if gratefulness as you addressed it is a cure regarding the matter of greeting my husband joyfully when he comes home. Maybe gratefulness is opposed to self-centeredness- a thing I've been a part of. The self-centeredness shows in the little way of mulling over something I am dealing with if it is something that I should bring to his attention. Here's a thought that may help me to know for sure if something is worth bringing to his attention: is it something that can be solved through prayer with God... do I feel peace presenting it to my husband?
DeleteWow - thank you both for the encouragement - I needed that! I feel like I fail to keep my priorities straight, and focus, like you said, Mary Lynn, on myself, and my own feelings and problems. Being an encouragement to my husband - in words, attitudes and actions, should be my highest priority (besides walking with our Father) throughout the day, but especially when he is home. I know this, but I forget it so easily. Thanks, Lindsey for the reminder!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tylersgirl! After reading both yours and Mary Lynn's comments, I think I do need to work on being peaceful for my husband all the time and work on it as a priority. I will write the next entry about a couple ideas I had for that.
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