Colossians 3:18 "Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord."
Most people probably think this would be a scripture that I would never obey or at least loathe but surprisingly I try very hard to obey this. Coming from a family where the women has the "stronger" voice in the home, I struggled with this for most of my earlier marriage years (we've been married 20 yrs). I didn't want to lose "me" and my voice, my personality, and my control in my marriage. As I mentioned in my previous blogs, we had a rough marriage and it was due to selfishness on both of our parts. But as I draw nearer to Christ... as I learn and love my Lord and Savior more... and as I read His Word daily, my desire grows stronger to be a wife that submits to my husband. I want to be the kind of wife who encourages her husband in his relationship with Jesus. I want to be a wife that lets him lead our family in all decision matters. I want to show him respect everyday. I want to serve him. I want my daughters to grow up seeing how a wife treats her husband so that they will love their husband in such a way. I want them to see that my submission is not a sign of weakness but a godly love and confidence in knowing who I am in Christ and knowing my role in our marriage. I long for the day that I say less and less critical and hurtful words but more loving and gracious words. I'm far from being this kind of wife but this is my heart's desire. This is what I'm commanded to do and I want to be obedient to Christ and His Word always. I am blessed with a man that loves me as the scriptures commands him to, "Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly." Colossians 3:19. Thank you Jesus for blessing me with a godly man, husband and father to our children. And with God's grace and help, I hope one day my love for my husband is so Christlike and beautiful that it will be the evidence that proves that I love my Jesus.
Psalm 127:3 "Children are a gift from the Lord..."
This past few months, my husband and I have been overwhelmed with a lot of good and bad memories as we watched our eldest daughter marry and leave our home to be with her husband. We remember fondly of our many roadtrips with her. We enjoyed many school and church activities with her. We reminisced about the many conversations that only consisted of movie quotes... well, not so much me, but her and her daddy. They were all great memories. But we also remembered all the things we didn't teach her that we should have so she would be well prepared to be a wife and one day, a mother. There were many regrets in the way we communicated with her... overbearing at times. She always knewed how much we loved her but we had expectations that paralyzed her in fear of failing them. We didn't provide her an environment that was safe for her to make mistakes and fail. We are brokenhearted about this. We needed to live our lives in the reality of the above scripture, Psalm 127:3. We should have not taken for granted the years she was with us and instead taught her diligently the Word of God by living it out in our lives.
We have two more children (Melina and Caleb, who are 8 and 3 yrs old respectively) that God has given us to raise. May we love and disciple them in the way that is pleasing to the Lord. As we teach and discipline them, may they see the love and grace of Christ and yet understand their need to obey the scripture of Colossians 3:20 "Children, always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord." Thank you Jesus for second chances... We are are thankful for the humbling honor and privilege to raise our children in Your ways. Help me to be a loving mother with encouraging and gracious words but also in teaching them to grow into a godly young woman and man of God. Help me to prepare them to be a loving wife and husband one day and to be godly parents to their children. Thank you Jesus for the blessing of my children.  |
| My hubby and my 3 children <3 |
So during this Thanksgiving season, what are you thankful for? Better yet, what does Jesus have His finger on that you are taking for granted of or not as thankful for as you should be? I pray that whatever it is, may He bring it to your mind and heart and may He begin to change your attitude towards it. Thank you again for stopping by and checking out what I have to say. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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