"With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love."
Eph. 4:2
Part of the difficulty you may face as you continue in this 30-day challenge to encourage your husband is that you really are struggling to find positive things to praise. Perhaps the problem is not with your husband. Have you checked your own heart? Sometimes we get disillusioned because of our own unreasonable or unrealistic expectations (Prov. 13:12). It may not be that our mates are doing something wrong; it's simply that we expect too much in some areas.
Our expectations must be met in God alone, and then we will have the right perspective to ask God for the healing and grace we need to respond to others. How sad that we give more grace to others than to those in our own homes. Today, try to look at your husband through eyes of grace. Verbally thank your husband for what he is already doing.
2 comments:
This is so true of me! I realize that Jim will never be perfect, but I MUST be more accepting and loving in spite of his faults--and rather than dwelling on them I will pray for him and for my heart/attitude to change.
For me, I pray I can start to see Corey as God does. I don't want to pick him apart or try to change him. I want him to know I appreciate him for who he is but I also want to be there for him as HE tries to better himself.
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