It’s Father’s Day and I can’t think of anything mushy to write in the card I bought for my husband. My kids are four and two years old, so they probably aren’t going to speak the prolific words of appreciation and love he needs to hear. In fact, they just scribbled all over the card, so it’s definitely up to me. Why is it so hard sometimes to muster up some encouragement for him? Is it maybe because I don’t think he deserves it? I’m reminded of the verse in Ephesians that reads, “The wife must respect her husband,” and I think, “Are you serious, Lord? Do you remember who my husband is? Did ... Read the Post
Leaving our Husbands in the Dust
The danger of being in ministry of any capacity is that we find more joy in it than we find in our husbands. At times I find myself giving all my time, energy, words of affirmation and encouragement to others, leaving my husband in the dust. As I gazed into my soon to be husband's eyes in front of God and all those people, I repeated those words of love and devotion: "in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad..." I don't remember saying the following stipulation: "as long as blogging, ladies retreats, Facebook, twittering, or going out with my friends for coffee don’t get in the ... Read the Post