Day Two:
Beginning thoughts: Last night, after I wrote my post Sean and I had a fight. It was amazing how much faster the fight ended when I only had kind things to say.
Challenge: "...through love serve one another." Gal. 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!
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Maybe your husband's not a handyman, but does he run errands 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.
Sean is a great servant - today should be easy. The encouragement part at least. To be continued.
11.12.10
10.12.10
30 day challenge
So, I need to be more encouraging as a wife. I struggle with thinking negatively and speaking negatively to my husband. That's why I'm embarking on this challenge and documenting it here. Day One: Here we go.
The challenge:
* You can't say anything negative about your husband . . . to your husband, or to anyone else.
* Say something that you admire or appreciate about your husband . . . to your husband . . . and to someone else.
Day One:
Day One:
"The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does
him good and not evil all the days of her life." Prov. 31:11-12
To refresh your memory...here's the 30-Day Encouragement Challenge...for the next 30
days:
* You can't say anything negative about your husband ...to your husband...or to anyone
else, about your husband.
* Say something that you admire or appreciate about your husband...to your
husband...and to someone else, about your husband!
To help you get started, have you ever thanked your husband for "choosing you" above
all other women? He found you attractive as a person, and appreciated you. Though
many circumstances in your marriage may have changed, let your husband know that
you are glad God led you together, and that you want to be a blessing to him for the rest
of your marriage. Let him know that he can trust you to be in his corner.
One of the best opportunities to express your gratitude is first thing in the morning. How
do you greet your husband each morning? Is he confident in your love? Give him a
"wake up call" that he'll never forget-a big "I love you" and an "I'm so glad I'm your wife!"
Thoughts on today: Today was hard. I don't think I really realized completely how negatively I spoke to Sean until I had to abstain from it. I mean, I knew I was negative but there is nothing like having to abstain from something to realize how often you do it. It was good to see a tiny change in heart though - because when you are intentional about thinking and doing positive things toward people - you can't help but see your attitude toward them change. He thanked me for telling him thank you for choosing me ... and though it is not about the thanks, that was nice. Anyway, it's late and I'm writing this covertly so he doesn't see me. So sorry if it doesn't make much sense. Until tomorrow. Much love.
Kelsey
The challenge:
* You can't say anything negative about your husband . . . to your husband, or to anyone else.
* Say something that you admire or appreciate about your husband . . . to your husband . . . and to someone else.
Day One:
Day One:
"The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does
him good and not evil all the days of her life." Prov. 31:11-12
To refresh your memory...here's the 30-Day Encouragement Challenge...for the next 30
days:
* You can't say anything negative about your husband ...to your husband...or to anyone
else, about your husband.
* Say something that you admire or appreciate about your husband...to your
husband...and to someone else, about your husband!
To help you get started, have you ever thanked your husband for "choosing you" above
all other women? He found you attractive as a person, and appreciated you. Though
many circumstances in your marriage may have changed, let your husband know that
you are glad God led you together, and that you want to be a blessing to him for the rest
of your marriage. Let him know that he can trust you to be in his corner.
One of the best opportunities to express your gratitude is first thing in the morning. How
do you greet your husband each morning? Is he confident in your love? Give him a
"wake up call" that he'll never forget-a big "I love you" and an "I'm so glad I'm your wife!"
Thoughts on today: Today was hard. I don't think I really realized completely how negatively I spoke to Sean until I had to abstain from it. I mean, I knew I was negative but there is nothing like having to abstain from something to realize how often you do it. It was good to see a tiny change in heart though - because when you are intentional about thinking and doing positive things toward people - you can't help but see your attitude toward them change. He thanked me for telling him thank you for choosing me ... and though it is not about the thanks, that was nice. Anyway, it's late and I'm writing this covertly so he doesn't see me. So sorry if it doesn't make much sense. Until tomorrow. Much love.
Kelsey
16.7.10
2 reasons not to get an office pet
Fish # 1: Let me introduce you to Paco. He became a member of my office in September of 2009. He was a very smart red betta. He would follow my finger around. One day I was typing, looked over, and his tank was empty. He jumped out of his tank and was on the floor. I quickly put him back in his tank and surprisingly he survived. I was so happy my little Paco was such a trooper. The next day while I was on my lunch break Paco again escaped from his tank! This time though he wasn't so lucky because my husband was in quest of brownies under my desk. He stepped on poor Paco. It was the ordeal of the office with all of my coworkers in the room screaming and poor Paco trying to swim after being stepped on. My husband denied he'd stepped on Paco, but the blood and fish guts on his shoe was enough proof for me. I made him promise to buy me another fish.
Fish # 2: My sweet husband bought me a second gorgeous blue betta. When we first purchased him for about a week he wouldn't eat. I refused to name him because I didn't want to get attached if he was just going to die from not eating. On the day of our first month anniversary of marriage it was a joyous day (because of the wedding celebration) as well as the fact that my fish ate for the first time that day! I decided at this point to name him Nolan after Nolan Ryan, my favorite Texas Ranger pitcher. Nolan was an incredibly fast fish and this is why he earned this honorably name. Nolan and I bonded and became friends. This morning when I was lovingly cleaning his water little, poor Nolan swam .... right into the garbage disposal. After about a half hour of trying to rescue him, I finally deserted my poor fish to his demise.
The moral of the story either is: Don't get office pets.
Fish # 2: My sweet husband bought me a second gorgeous blue betta. When we first purchased him for about a week he wouldn't eat. I refused to name him because I didn't want to get attached if he was just going to die from not eating. On the day of our first month anniversary of marriage it was a joyous day (because of the wedding celebration) as well as the fact that my fish ate for the first time that day! I decided at this point to name him Nolan after Nolan Ryan, my favorite Texas Ranger pitcher. Nolan was an incredibly fast fish and this is why he earned this honorably name. Nolan and I bonded and became friends. This morning when I was lovingly cleaning his water little, poor Nolan swam .... right into the garbage disposal. After about a half hour of trying to rescue him, I finally deserted my poor fish to his demise.
The moral of the story either is: Don't get office pets.
8.11.09
7.10.09
Waiting does get easier as you go....
I've discovered waiting is quite a paradoxical thing. It gets both harder and easier as you go along. Each day I learn to be more content in the Lord and trust the goodness of His plans and His kindness each day. And yet again each day, the wait becomes harder and harder. I've been learning so much that contentment will not be found in the objects we think will satisfy us, but only God alone. We all say that we know this, but do we know it where it is really tested in the furnace of day to day life? I think this can only be accomplished by the grace of God, but I'm thankful He's teaching me. Father, please help me to know you the way I ought and build a foundation of theology that will sustain me when the hard and trying times of life hit. Please continue to sustain me now.
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