Elaine W. Miller with another nugget of marriage wisdom:

"A wife fulfills a role no one else can fill. She is her husband’s wife.

Curious, I looked up 'wife' in Roget’s Thesaurus and learned a wife is a 'spouse, mate, bride, partner, companion, better half, consort, squaw, soul mate, ‘… crown to her husband.’ — Bible, and [oh my] ‘A former sweetheart.’ — Henry Louis Mencken.'

We do need to be careful not to be our hubby’s former sweethearts, don’t we?

It’s easy to do. Some days we act less like a wife or a sweetheart and more like a boss.

Perhaps we can learn from what happened to me.

My Dan came home late from a meeting that seemed more like a battle.

Physical exhaustion, weariness, and a burden of issues weighed heavy on him when he walked in the front door.

Poor Dan. His 'former sweetheart' didn’t greet him with a kiss or a hug, a cold drink or a coffee. Instead, I pummeled him with questions.

Our family room filled with more tension than the board room he just left.

'What happened? Who said what?' I interrogated.

My sweet man didn’t answer.

Yearning for my embrace and hungering for my love, he held me close and whispered, 'Elaine, I don’t need you to be my boss. I need you to be my wife.'

Lesson learned!

Our marriage changed that night. No longer would I greet my man with a barrage of discouraging questions, a list of complaints about my day, or a honey do list.

Now when Dan walks in the door he is loved, kissed, held, edified, cherished, and adored by his wife — who is working hard not to be his boss or his 'former sweetheart.'

It’s a tough world out there. We need tender homes.

When your honey walks in the door, hold him and greet him with a kiss. Make your home a sanctuary of love, acceptance, and contentment.

The words of Solomon’s bride echo in my heart when she says,

“Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.” Song of Songs 8:10 (NIV).

That’s my prayer and goal as a wife. Will you make it yours?"

(Used by permission - Elaine W. Miller)

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Husband Needs A Wife by Elaine W. Miller

Posted on JULY 30, 2013 BY A SWEET GUEST A guest of FancyLittleThings

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Let’s pray:

Father, when it comes to being a "help meet", we need to ask for Your help!
It is not possible to always think of the needs of someone else when our own needs seem so large and pressing.
It will have to be with Your urging and enablement, that we be successful in this challenge.
I want to be a blessing, and I want to help at all times and through every season of my life. But I recognize my inability to always succeed in following what's best for others.
Help me, Father. I pray in Jesus' Name, amen.

Today’s Bible verse: 2 Chron. 15:7 "Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded."

Today’s quote: “Never underestimate the power of godly relationships Prov. 13:20. Not only can spiritually-mature friends give you solid biblical counsel, but they can also model the disciplines you need to honor God. In the end, godly wisdom is simply the capacity to see things from the Father’s perspective and then respond according to the principles of Scripture.

Observing it in the lives of your mentors and Christ-like companions can give you the courage and insight to incorporate it into your own life.” Dr. Charles F. Stanley

Our thought today: In the Kingdom of God, we find that we have to change our way of thinking. How do we do that? We go through the process of finding out what God wants us to think and to change. Ps. 119:130 tells us it is through the entrance of light we gain understanding.

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Why I Am a Christian

4th- Tuesday's post by C. Peter Wagner
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6th- Thursday's post by C. Peter Wagner
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