Submission is KEY, Whether We Like It or Not:)

I have a friend who it has been so BEAUTIFUL to see her transform into such a wonderful BRIDE to her husband. The Lord confirmed His love for her the other day through her husband when He used her husband to tell her...I would never be able to stay home and do what you do, I'm so glad you have chosen to stay at home and be there for our kids! This melted her and it was so sweet to listen to her share it with me:) Thank you Lord for an honest husband that is not afraid to tell his wife how much he appreciates her!

The best part about this is that I remember when they got married, my friend said what is this "Submit to your husband business?" Ephesians 5. And now that she has experienced her awesome husband submitting to the Lord and unknowingly her submitting to her husband, she has experienced the awesome feeling of this "Submitting to your husband business!" What a precious example she has been to her husband, friends, family and now her children...so precious.

I too, have learned how beautiful submission can be with an obvious example recently! I have worked in the Fair Industry for over 10 years now and three of the last five years of our marriage have endured my patient husband at home alone while I'm working away for weeks at a time (one year for months at a time). I love this industry and have had a very hard time distancing myself from it, but during these three years I have always wanted to start a family...which beings I want to be a stay-at-home Mom, you can see how this lifestyle won't work! So, my husband asked me to not spend more than two days away at any given time this next year, which means "Oh brother, I have to turn down three of my best and most loyal clients who have become my friends AND have Faith that the Lord will provide financially somehow someway." I did it, well, the Lord did it because there is NO WAY, I would have been able to call these people alone and every one of them have been so understanding and encouraging!!! Thank you Lord, and the best is yet to come...My husband is ready to look at "this family stuff" now:) My on-going prayers were answered simply by me submitting to my husband. Psalm 37:3-7...hmmm, this just might be my NEW life passage, what a beautiful passage!

Don't wait to Fireproof your marriage!

I have been married to my wonderful Christian husband for over four years now. Little did we know that for the last four years, there have been three identical issues that have been on both our minds, but never discussed between us. A little over a month ago we exchanged some very unkind words to each other about one of these three issues and it was the last straw for both of us. We both broke down separately and knew we needed to do something about the way we were heading. I don't know if we were in denial the last four years or if we were just that bad at communicating, we both just held it in and tried to get over it. Well, obviously that wasn't working! That Sunday when we went to church, our pastor mentioned that he and his wife had gone to see the movie FIREPROOF and that if you have ever been married and had problems, been married and never had problems, never been married, were engaged to be married, might ever be married or ever knew someone who has married...that you need to go see this movie. You get it right? You should go see this movie! We did and it really did put a fire in our hearts about how we were treating each other. We have five local movie theaters and only one of them was playing the movie. I drove by the theater again today and it was still playing, so try to take a date night to go see it. I promise you won't regret it! And if you don't see it while it's in the movie theaters then rent it as soon as it comes out. Read Ephesians 5 for a great passage about Wives & Husbands...I am praying for the little big things in your marriage today.