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Mar. 8, 2007 -
this is random stuff that is on my heart tonight....forgive me for not having my thoughts more organized :)
my battle with the virtuous wife has finally ended. i can read about her, and praise Our Creator for a woman so fearfully and wonderfully made, without feeling like a complete and utter failure. because i have finally listened to Him and woken up to the realization that i am just as fearfully and wonderfully made in the way that works to His good and to His purpose. perfectly created to fulfill His calling for *my life.
am i perfect? about as far from it as i am from china (i live in fla if that gives you any indication :)
i still can't sew. still don't have a maid ~ oh wait!!! i am the maid.lol but for all of the ways He takes care of me, i will happily pick up the dirty socks on the floor *the ones laying right beside the laundry hamper mind you, for the rest of eternity.
this was given to me by my pastors *amazing wife. it's by family life and it's called "lifting my husband up through prayer". i am posting it because i thought there might be someone else out there who needs to read it. enjoy:)
Lord i lift my husband up to You today and pray, according to Your Word that:
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You give him the strength to lead (joshua 1:7), time to know his family (john 10:14), and a passion to manage his home(1timothy 3:4).
- You will bless his work and show him daily to honor You in his attitudeand spirit; confirm the work of his hands unto Your purpose (psalm 90:16-17,daniel 6).
- he will be a wise steward of our finances and all we posess, remembering that all things are Yours and entrusted to us for Your purposes (matthew 6:19-21,luke 16:10-13).
- he will love You with all his heart, soul, mind and strength and hate all evil (mark 12:30,psalm 97:10).
- he will be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger (james 1:19)
- You protect him physically, mentally and spiritually(psalm 28:7-9,psalm 41:,john 17:15,2thess. 3:3).
- You give him the desire to teach and model a Godly lifestyle for his children(Deut. 6:,psalm 78:5-7).
- You will instruct him and teach him in the way he should go (psalm32:8), give him peace in the circumstances, and integrity in decisions he must face today (1corinth 14:33,proverbs 11:3).
- he would meditate day and night on Your word and Pray without ceasing(psalm1:1-3,psalm 119:18,73,1thess. 5:17), and stay faithful to Christ to the end (hebrews 12:1-2).
- he would develop strong relationships with other Godly men (ephesians 4:24-24, hebrews 10:24)
this is my prayer for myself as a wife :) i want to be a wife of Your Word. Lord please mold me into a wife whose husband can love himself in loving me, a wife who honors her husband. (ephesians 5:29) help me to respect the authority that You have given him. train me to submit to the husband who cherishes me so that together we can submit to You. (1corinth 11:1) give me the wisdom and discernment to understand and support him in ways that show my support to Christ. (ephesians 5:22) guide us in serving and satisfying one another, so that we are balanced and fulfilled. keep us from the temptation of using our marriage as a place to 'stand up for our rights'. (1corinth 7:2) grant me the desire to be as lovely as an angel and as beautiful as a rose, that i may delight and refresh him as spring water from a fresh-flowing fountain. (proverbs 5:17) fulfill my joy in bearing his children as a vine bears grapes, our household lush as a vineyard, The children around our table as fresh and promising as young olive shoots. allow me to stand in awe of Your yes! bless me as a wife who fears The Lord. (proverbs 128:3) teach me how to pray for my husband and make my prayers a true language of love. may your grace, love and peace pour down on our lives, a Praying Wife
*And now I lay out a more excellent way for you. Love *suffers long & never gives up. Love *is kind & cares more for others than for self. Love doesn't *envy & want what it doesn't have. Love doesn't *parade itself & strut, * Love isn't *puffed up & doesn't have a swelled head, Love doesn't *behave rudely or force itself on others, Love doesn't *seek it's own & isn't always "me first," Love isn't *provoked & doesn't fly off the handle, Love *Thinks no evil, Love doesn't *rejoice in iniquity & keep score of the sins of others, Love doesn't revel when others grovel, Love *rejoices in & takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Love *bears all things & puts up with anything, Love *believes all things & trusts God always, Love *hopes all things & always looks for the best, Love *endures all things & never looks back, keeps going to the end. Love never *fails or dies. 1 Corinthians 12:31, 13:4-8 I really like both the *Nkjv & the Message, so I put them together :)
i've made this verse into a mental checklist. before i think, feel, speak or act ~in all things~ i will go through this list and if it is not in love, i will turn away from it. Lord, in Your Grace, allow me to remember this in those oh-so-human moments. help me to stop and ask You, if i am:
- suffering through and not giving up?
- kind, putting others above myself?
- envious, wanting what i don't have?
- parading myself or strutting with pride?
- puffed up with a swelled head? (thinking i am right)
- being rude or forcing myself on someone else?
- seeking my own and putting myself first?
- allowing myself to become provoked or flying off the handle?
- thinking evil?
- rejoicing and taking pleasure in the flowering of the truth?or rejoicing in iniquity, reveling when others grovel and keeping score of someone else's sins?
- bearing all things and putting up with anything for His purpose?
- believing all things and trusting in God???
- hopeful and looking for the best?
- enduring and not looking back, going to the end??
grace love and peace to you and yours,
heather
Comments
Mar. 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Titus2woman
I am just drinking, drinking, and drinking in GREAT stuff from your blog~I'm gonna leave it up and read all the day! (((((HUGS))))) sandi~thanking you for your constant encouragements!
