"...through love serve one another." Galatians 5:13b
How did you do yesterday with your first day of blessing and encouraging your husband? Was it easy? Was it hard to hold your tongue when you wanted to say something negative? We hope you're off to a good start. (If you blew it, don't give up - start again today!) There are so many practical things you can praise, if you look for them.
Today, find some way that your husband is serving you or your family. Does he help around the house? Take care of the car? Fix things that are broken? If your budget allows, give him a new, small tool with a big bow attached. But make sure he doesn't think it's part of a "Honey Do" list!
Maybe your husband's not a handyman, but does he run errand for you? Let you go first? Take care of you when you are sick? Help you make decisions? Praise him for his willingness to serve others. Let him know that you see his unique service as a great strength.
I must say that my hubby makes this challenge much less 'challenging' than it could be! Yesterday was quite easy to be successful...I did all as planned out in yesterday mornings blog and spent the day just feeling generally lucky that he choose me!
As I read this mornings text, I spent time reflecting and meditating on the ways in which my husband 'serves' me. I decided to write him a note telling him that I appreciated all he did and detailing the many things that I 'notice' him doing for me regularly which make my life easier, simpler or just plain better. I pulled out a notebook and a pen and starting listing some of the 'little things' he does for me. I must shamefully admit that as the list grew and grew with one thought bringing up another I became aware of how many of those things I'd never actually thanked him for and how often I'd just taken them as a matter of fact.
After completing my rough draft I started to consider my presentation. My first thought was that I'd like to give it to him handwritten on some nice stationary. Having no stationary around the house at the moment, I thought of creating some on the computer. I spent some time in Print Shop designing something I thought would be appropriate but then no matter how many times I tried just couldn't seem to get it to print. Giving up on this idea, I decided to run to the nearby drug store and purchase some stationary...but when I got there I found it wasn't open yet and wouldn't open until it was too late for me to have it done before I left for Church. Disappointed, I decided to come back home and send it as an email for him to receive when he gets on the computer this morning and made a mental note to go purchase some stationary today to have around the house for future use.
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