Friday, May 29, 2009

Loving My Husband Friday


Today is a day to focus on your husband and what you love about him. Share something that you love about your husband, or a tip to help make your marriage stronger.

"For the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there is not law." Galatians 5:22-23

I don't know about anyone else, but sometimes when I think about the fruit of the Spirit in my life, I think about it in respect to other people. I need to love my neighbor, be joyful around others, be peaceful, and gentle....when outside of my house. I always tell my children that our families were created for us to practice these 'fruits" on before we leave our home. As I look over this list of Godly character qualities, am I really loving my husband? Do I exhibit joy in his presence? Am I longsuffering (or not easily angered) with him? Am I gentle with him, do I seek to do him only good. Do I have faith in him, and treat him with meekness? I think that the fruits of the spirit can be used a template for a wife as to how she should treat her husband, not just those people that you pass in the grocery store, or the people at church. So, let's practice these attributes first on our husbands as he should be our first priority.

Now, to give an example of what a great husband I have. Last night Rob came home from work in the auditorium at around 10:30. He came in bearing a Wendy's frosty. He remembered that I had made a passing statement several days ago about how I haven't had a frosty in ages! It was a very welcome sentiment, and I appreciated that he had not only picked up on me saying that, but he took the time to stop after a long day of work simply because he knew that I had not had a frosty in a long time!

To hear more about Loving your Husband Friday, join the host Shannon by going to http://www.mominin-thepeerreview.blogspot.com/. Leave a comment with me today if you have something to share about your husband or a good marriage tip!! Keep loving your husband!

3 comments:

  1. Isn't it so nice when our husbands are so thoughtful? What a great idea to focus on the fruits of the spirit. I prayed for you and Rob and your marriage.

    I don't know how to make a clickable banner, either. I always do what you do. If you figure out how, let me know! I'm sure it is some special HTML code...but I don't know any of that stuff. Thanks for linking up!!

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  2. I bet that Frosty tasted better than a steak dinner - how special!

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  3. Elizabeth~Steph left instructions on how to do the banner in the comments of my post. Make sure you check it out...no way I could explain it here!

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