I don't know about you but I want to keep my family together at all costs! The great news is Biblically it's not that hard!
Debi refers to Proverbs 17:22 and 15:13
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- Proverbs 17:22
A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.
- Proverbs 15:13
So in laymen terms smile! Be happy! Let your husband know no matter what your current circumstances are that as long as you are all together you will be happy and make the best of it!
If you haven't been living this way, which I haven't been lately, then start now!
Right now my hubby is sleeping while I'm reading and studying God's purpose for me in our marriage but I can still start now. I can pray! Pray that God starts working in my heart. To be happy with where He has me! After all isn't this His plan? So let's be happy to live out God's plan and let our hubby's know it. After I'm finished writing this post (or maybe before then, I can always finish tomorrow) I can go and crawl into bed and cuddle with him and make sure he knows I appreciate him. That's starting now!
Now on the other hand maybe your marriage is in some stage that looks like it's leading to divorce...I've been there more than once. I've seen it coming and another time I had no idea until my hubby brought it to my attention. But we fought through it and we are here 7 years later and I'm going for many, many more years ahead of us.
But I will have to fight again. It may come on a small fight or a large fight but it will come. When that times come I really have two choices.
1. I can stand on my rights and what I believe the truth to be and in the end destroy my marriage...
OR
2. I can fight to get the relationship back on track by being happy, showing him that I love him emotionally and physically.
Remember God is on your side! Your fighting "for the preservation of God's most noble institution on earth-the family, your family!" (pg. 30).
Don't take your position as a wife for granted simply because your husband and wife. "Earn every smile and shared moment. Cultivate his love for you. Pray that you can remind him of the loveliness and beauty that first attracted him to you." (pg. 31)
Do remember to be happy and fight for your husband when you need too! He will appreciate and admire you for caring enough to fight to save your love!
OK it's time for me to put everything away and go cuddle with the hubby to show how much I appreciate his love for me!
What are you going to do to show your love today?
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