Love is kind

Today's verses: "...love suffers long, and is kind..." 1 Cor. 13:4
"And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Phil. 4:19

Today the challenge is more of a longer challenge, don't say anything negative to your husband or about your husband.  It is so easy for me to let my words loose!  I saw a decorative wall hanging yesterday at a shop that said, "Lord please put your arm around my shoulder and your hand on my mouth."  How true that is for my life!! I don't know why but it is easier to let your words hurt those that are closes to us.  I need to let my words be kind if I expect my husband to respond the same way.  Cory is so good about not speaking until he has thought about the words he wants to use.  This irritates me because sometimes I just want to fight!!!  Today I am thanking Cory for that quality!

Part two of todays challenge was to encourage your husband to show more compassion when dealing with things in our lives that we as women tend to get emotional about.  Cory has always been pretty good about letting me be emotional and not poking fun or hurting me by not understanding.

The 2nd verse is to remind us that we are married to earthly men that are affected by sin the same way we are.  We cannot rely on them to supply our needs only God can do that.  We put too much pressure on men and the responsibilities that they have.  We  have seen so much extra stress in our marriage over the past month while Cory is job hunting.  His hunt has had doors closed and even slammed in his face and that has led him to feel stressed.  God is our provider and He is the only one who can supply our needs!!

Thanks for reading!