"...whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Cor. 10:31b
Do you recognize and appreciate your husband's creativity? Or do you criticize and demean his efforts? Instead of negativity, determine to be positive. Perhaps you can help your husband see that his efforts are an opportunity to glorify God. Is your husband the "creative" type? Does he have any artistic gifts? What is that special "knack" he has? Affirm him for his handiwork - a hobby, music, gardening, tinkering with cars, working with wood, etc. Remember: Even if he doesn't measure up to your standards, praise his efforts.
If your budget allows, buy him a book or magazine that will continue to encourage his special skill or talent. If you have a hard time finding his "creative side," understand that men's creativity sometimes is related to their work. Find something he does to make his job run more smoothly or something he does that adds value to his work...and let him know that you have noticed. Make his day...Praise his accomplishments in public, while he is listening.
I would certainly have to say that my husbands 'knack', as it were, is in dealing with electronic things...computers, gadgets, etc. He works with computers for a living and it's the closest to a 'hobby' he has outside of watching sports (which I'm sure he wishes there was a way to make a live doing...lol). He is very talented in understanding the workings of all things electronic and usually has almost every new 'toy' that comes out. To be quite honest our tv set up is so technological that I'm not certain I could tell you how to turn it on!!! It impresses me that he can figure some of that stuff out. I know my way around a computer pretty well and sometimes even answer his questions when it comes to the use of particular applications but his ability to set things up and get them to work together just amazes me!
I'm really not sure what I could do 'action-wise' for today's challenge...I compliment his ability in this area quite freely already both to him and to others. The suggestion about getting him a book or a magazine wouldn't really be good for him because my hubby really isn't much of a reader...pretty much all of his reading is done on the computer. Maybe if I could find some sites with good information about upcoming technology information or something like that I could share those with him...but I'd be surprised if I was able to find one that he doesn't know about already. Maybe I'll just do some research tonight and share what I do find...even if he doesn't find one new site in the links I send him he'd still know I was thinking about him and what he likes and that I took the time to try to find them.
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