How to change your husband

 

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HUH!?!  You can do that!?!  Nope… only God can!

When I first rededicated I wanted to do everything I could to make my Father happy,  I prayed and asked what I could do to make Him happy and how I could be a better wife to Shane.

I started reading The Power of A Praying Wife.  When I first started that book I was so shocked that she would tell me I needed to start with myself first!  WHAT!?!  But he is the one that needs to change!

After I finally soaked it in and prayed about it then I understood.  you can only change yourself, not your spouse.  Only through God & prayer can your spouse change.

Now I am still working on this, every single day.  Praying that He will help me not be so defensive, that He will help me to understand that my husband loves me & when he snaps at me it’s not always about me, it’s something else he is dealing with. 

So all you can do is pray.  Pray for strength and guidance, pray that the Lord will help you to let go and let Him have control.  Let Him take care of your spouse.  Let Him be the one to soften his heart. 

Pray for help to change yourself, to serve joyfully and not begrudgingly.  Pray for wisdom and for strength continuously!

While you are waiting to see His glory, then you can always have the Lord as your spouse.  He will be there to lift you up, give you encouragement and comfort.  Just rest in His arms and find peace in Him!

For your Maker is your husband- the Lord Almighty is His name- the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, He is called the God of all the earth. ~Isaiah 54:5

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His great Love

Today I am talking about Lamentations 3:22-27

I used some of this passage last week in my His Word Friday post.  This is obviously speaking to me because I keep going back to it.

It does speak volumes.  Because of the Lord’s great love for us we are not consumed!  How wonderful is that?  That when we trust in Him and go to Him with our struggles He is there for us.  His love for us will not let us be consumed.  When we trust in Him, and not in this world, we truly will not be consumed, He will help us through it all! 

His love for us is greater than any sin, so we shouldn’t worry about what is going on in our lives, we need to continue to go to Him, for the forgiveness, love and peace He promises for us!

When we are disobedient there are times that punishment does come with that.  That is the way the Lord teaches us.  When we come to ‘bear the yoke’ we are under God’s discipline and learning to do what He is teaching us to do.  It is hard sometimes and yes we will fail sometimes but He is always patient, loving, understanding and forgiving!

So just continue to trust in the Lord.

• Trust that His ways are the right ways.
• Trust that He is always faithful
• Trust in His love
• Trust in His teachings
• Trust in His forgiveness
• Trust that His compassions are new every morning

Lamentations 3:22-27 (NKJV)

20 My soul still remembers
And sinks within me.

21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have hope.

22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.

23 They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.

24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!”

25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.

26 It is good that one should hope and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.

27 It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.

For another post about trusting in the Lord check out The Imperfect Wives post for today.  True Love Tuesday

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