Proverbs 31:10&31 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. …
If you read my blog yesterday you know I had been grounded. Troubled in my heart I needed to talk to my wife. I did not know if God was pushing me in that direction or if perhaps I was persuading myself of the need. So we talked. Then my wife set me free.
“What does it matter if God was telling you to talk or if it was your own idea?”
She was right. In the end I discovered something about myself that I perhaps would not have gained if not for trusting my wife. The Lord knew my heart, He could have spoken the truth to me, but His plan was for the building up of relationship. He used my wife for the benefit of our relationship.
If the Lord had revealed truth then our relationship would have not changed or improved, I believe and trust in Him. Opening up to my wife and allowing her to become a part of the process strengthened our relationship.
Perhaps this is a great truth about God’s love for all of us, that the relationships we have with one another are important to Him. He wants all of us to be valued. Wives to husbands, brother to brother, sister to sister, the bond of unity doesn’t end with the Lord, it begins.
John 13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
1 Peter 3:7…..”as being heirs TOGETHER of the grace of life”. Wonderful provision that God has given to us. “I will make a help meet for him.” Genesis 2:28. Now with your strengthened relationship you have BOTH engines running and ready to soar, and as Ern said yesterday, “SHOUT it from the mountain top”
You have SO MUCH to give!!!
To Ern Grover, thanks for your comments yesterday, I got to begin to get acquainted with you and enjoyed your input so much. As Larry stated “we ought to wash one another’s feet” and my thanks to you for grabbing the”towel and basin” and doing just that. I believe that one of Larry’s desires is that a circle of friends would be built through his blog site that we might all encourage each other in the Lord, so to each one who has responded in the past, please keep up the GOOD WORK. Thank you.
Yes and Amen Ron, building up the body in the unity of faith is my hope.
Good response, dorothy. Either was ok . It didn’t really matter if it was self initiated or God led. Sometimes we just have to “do” and not over analyze so much.
You are a good wife Phyllis.