Recently my husband had the opportunity to wrestle at a jiu jitsu tournament and was matched up against a very popular TV personality. Going into it, I thought what a cool opportunity, and it’s a long shot, but we should invite their family to dinner so we can get to know them on a more personal level. We knew he was Christian and has been using his platform pretty well for speaking of Christ so it would be neat to treat the family like normal people. Well the match turned out to be in his favor and it just so happens that another guy from our school wrestled him for the championship round and let’s just say it got messy! So by the time all was said and done, I wasn’t interested at all in having dinner with someone like that. So I told the guy, “Thank you for not treating my husband like that,” and he replied, “Your husband was nice.” So as much as I was disappointed in what I had false hopes for, the turnout was even better in that my husband was Christ-like from start to finish and it was noticed. I am so proud of the role model my husband played out that day under such surveillance by the crowds, all the days leading up of intimidation trying to set in on him, and all the days since which he has acted only noble, true, humble and kind. I wouldn’t expect anything else, but a man of true character and honorableness won’t faulter when every step is in alignment with what Christ would do.
Deuteronomy 8:16
No comments:
Post a Comment