Sep. 26, 2006
I am working on saving my margarine containers.
 There are obviously MANY areas of my life where I am falling short and trying harder to grow. However, if someone were to ask me the area that I most have things together, I would answer my marriage. My Hunny and I have an EXCELLENT marriage. Although there are definitely a lot of skills and disciplines that I'd like to acquire to be a better wife to him, I would have said that we do a wonderful job of loving and appreciating each other and that our relationship is darn near perfect.
Of course, God likes to remind us to be humble and to show us where we fall short.
Last night, I kept supper hot on the stove until my Hunny was ready to come in from working in his shop and join the family. Since we'd started our meal a bit late, I had to run out the door to my homeschool meeting before I'd had a chance to clean up the table and put the food away. As I changed the baby before heading off, I was listening to my Hunny slamming things around and grumbling about how he had to put the food away and how I never save any margarine containers to put things into. I was thinking up many good comebacks to shoot at him, after all, I had cooked the meal, would it kill him to clean up one time? And who needs a margarine container when you can just put the leftovers in a bowl and cover it with saran wrap? However, as I was doing up the last snaps on the baby's clothes, I firmly forced a gentle smile on my face and bit my tongue, determined not to say anything snitty on my way out the door.
Then...God told me " You're not going to just walk past him, you're going to go and give him a giant squeeze and smooch like you would do if you weren't secretly angry, and you're going to thank him profusely for cleaning up supper."
I said, "No way! He's acting like a big baby!"
God said, "AND, you're going to apologize for not having the foresight and organization to have saved some containers."
I grumbled, "Ohhhh maaaaaan!" but didn't dare complain anymore in case God had even more to say!
As I walked towards my husband, my inner-pout started to fade and by the time I reached him to give him his smooch and apology, it really was genuine. I went off to my meeting with a real smile and my hubby had instantly melted and was now finishing his complaints with a big smile of his own.
When I got home after my meeting, it was to a still-smiling Hunny and an absolutely gleaming stove and sink, and spotless counters and table.
God showed me not only that there is always more I can do, even in the areas that I feel I'm doing well, but also that He will continue to pour out blessings when I do. |
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Posted by Anonymous Sep. 27, 2006 - Happy Hunny
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