Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Vive le Difference! Theme of the Week: Appreciated Asset? Monday, February 9, 2004
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Men of IntegrityJanuary/February 2004Vive le Difference!Theme of the Week: Appreciated Asset?Monday, February 971
Key Bible Verse: The eye can never say to the hand, "I don't need you." (1 Corinthians 12:21). Bonus Reading:1 Corinthians 12:12–27
You've probably noticed that women talk more than men do. By the time you're home from work and winding down, your wife is just getting warmed up! Women talk to create intimacy. A by-product of intimacy is a wonderful sexual relationship. So when you talk to your wife, going beyond the mere facts would be great! You might actually have to string together more words than "What's for dinner?" She wants to know your feelings. Please learn how to communicate them.
That's just one way women are different from men. There are plenty of books out there that explain these differences. Shock your wife; get one and continue learning.
As you learn to understand your wife, you'll make the journey from being angry about the differences to understanding them to tolerating them to rejoicing in them!
Ask young couples whether there's anything about their spouses they'd change, and most will respond with a loud yes! However, I've asked couples married 40 years or more what changes they'd make in their spouses, and they can't think of one. What happened? I believe they learned to be truly glad about the differences.
–Holly Wagner in Dumb Things He Does
My Response: A difference in my wife I'll learn to love is &…
Thought to Apply: The wonderful thing you do for your marriage is to share that part of you that is different from your mate.
Dear Father, because we live together every day, it's become easy to take for granted Your gift to me of a life's partner. Help me to suitably treasure her.
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