Do y’all ever have great monologues in your head? I’m not sure who I’m talking to but sometimes I compose these great speeches in my brain...and it’s not praying. When I catch myself on one of these rants I turn it into a prayer and ask the Lord about these thoughts and sometimes they become blogs and sometimes they become cries of my heart.
Anyway, this morning I was thinking about men. My desire is to lift men up and give them a place to hold their heads high and come back to a place of honor. But, I also know my calling is not for men directly. My calling is to women. To teach the gifts of influence that we hold in our hand. Do you know how very destructive men bashing is? Going out with the girls and bashing all the men in your life, especially your husband, gives the enemy such a foothold, so much ammo to use against you. The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down (Pr 14:1).
I am not talking about having a confidant or a mentor, someone to walk with you and grow with you. It’s always a heart issue. So if you are sharing with a trusted friend and are looking for ways to solve the problems then I think you are headed in the right direction. However, when your goal is just to complain and then have a competition about whose husband is worst and woe is me with what I have to put up with. That is stirring up strife and dissension, that is not soil in which peace, honor, respect and love will grow.
In Peter he talks about our husbands being saved by our gentleness and faithfulness. In Corinthians Paul talks about love not keeping a record of offenses. In Ephesians Paul says a mans most basic need is feeling respect.
So many little pesky problems disappear when we stop complaining. Remember and seek out the things you fell in love with. Be friendly, funny how as women we need the reminder to be friendly to our husbands but we get so caught up in all the work that we forget to smile and enjoy.
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