Via TJC
“It is my privilege to show my love for Jesus by caring for my wife, to love her, show her honor, try to understand her and to give up my life and rights for her.” ~ Every Man A Warrior Marriage Commitment
I once heard a story about a couple who had been married a long time who were going down the road in the husband’s old pickup. They were riding along in silence until the wife, from the passenger seat, said, “Look at us. When we first started courting, we sat so close to each other in the car you couldn’t tell if it was one person or two people driving.” Without even looking her way, the husband said, “I haven’t moved.”
It is natural for people to change or move some during a long marriage. My wife and I have been married for 38 ½ (that half is important, lol) years. We are not the same people we were in 1985. Two children, the death of a child at birth, and five grandchildren later, we are still figuring each other out. That’s okay. It keeps things interesting.
But the secret is not how well we know each other. The secret is knowing that your spouse is closer to Jesus than they are to you. Nothing thrills my heart more than to see my wife pouring over the Scriptures. And there is nothing more powerful than the privilege I have to pray with and for her.
1 Peter 3:7 tells us, “You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.” If we do that, we will be the kind of husbands God intended us to be.
Daily Battle Order: Pray over your wife today. Ask her if it would be okay to do that. I promise you she will love this. And don’t wait until bedtime. Surprise her in the middle of the afternoon. Get on your knees, lay your hand on her and pray Jesus all over her. And then watch her (and Jesus) smile.
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