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Husbands. My brothers. This is good stuff.
The other night I was sitting with my family, most of whom are very successfully married. We were going in a circle giving our best marriage advice to my little sister on the eve of her wedding. It’s somewhat of a family tradition.
But that’s not what blows. What really blows is that I realized I don’t have any good marriage advice to give. After all, I’ve never had a successful marriage out of the two marriages I did have.
Life: Interrupted
It was…
…a long day at work—ten hours.
Arriving home, I discovered things in a shambles. Dinner not started. Dishes not done. And my wife still working feverishly in her office to satisfy a deadline commitment.
There was a time when I would have just said, “Let’s go out for dinner.”
But in today’s economy, that kind of attitude can add up quickly in the financial column.
Now, although I had other plans for the evening, there was an obvious need. My kids were hungry. My wife was on track workwise, but needed a domestic assist. My dream of a relaxing night after a hard day’s work kicked to the curb.
Kaput.
Interrupted.
Man of the House
When you go to church on Sunday, do you return home with a load of spiritual nourishment for your family to survive on for the week?
The Comfort Zone
I was driving home with my wife the other day.
We were discussing a friend, his wife and the questions he had been asking me.
Because I love my wife on a very public level, men come to me with questions. My answer is always the same:
You need what I’ve got!
One of his questions was…”What does that really mean?”
The answer basically means that being a husband is more than making money, fixing things and telling your wife “I love you” every day… it’s an attitude.
I could write a book on that, but in this specific instance, we were discussing how to love our wives verbally.
“I tell her I love her every day!” is the normal response I get when talking to my Christian brothers. Sometimes they don’t even do that. But because I have yet to hear of a woman that doesn’t like to hear those words, I would say that they’re pretty important.
But is that it? Is telling your wife “I love you” all I gotta say?
DIY Guy learns a valuable lesson.
What would happen if he had to admit that he had bitten off more than he could chew, requiring him to call the dreaded AAA, tow the MINI to the dealer, and kowtow to the eeeevil masterminds of S.E.R.V.I.C.E. D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T., the sworn enemy of his credit card and his secret organization, B.U.D.G.E.T.???
Taming the creature of habit…
After X number of years of marriage, are you operating in habit mode? Have you stopped to check to and see if you’ve really been doing what you need to or are you assuming everything’s okay because it feels okay from your perspective?
Did you talk to God today?
Taking time to connect with God, grow my relationship with Him, and learn everything I can about him is probably the most fulfilling thing I have ever done with my life. Everything else I am involved with is enhanced by His presence in it. Everything.
Listening is loving.
Why is it that we as husbands find it easy to listen to a customer, yet quickly become impatient when our wives are talking? The quick answer is that we value our customers’ money. But what does that say about how we value our wives? Ouch.
Stuff a loving husband should probably know.
When you read Proverbs 31…
What’s the first thing that pops into your head?