Vote for your wife!

Let her know that she gets your vote!

When She Sleeps

When she is asleep

I kiss her very gently

I tell her I love her

Selfish does not equal clever

Teacher,which commandment in the law is the greatest?"

He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

This is the greatest and the first commandment.

The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.

- Matthew 22:36-40

For me, and many others, leading a selfish life is easy. Our society rewards and expects selfish behavior. Our cultural norm for gauging success is based on money, power and self-indulgent rewards.

In a marriage ,and a quest for heaven, focusing on self leads to doom. All too often I forget this and lose sight of Jesus' commandment. I expect things to go well for me and don't consider the cost that has for my wife or others around me. Even mundane daily choices can move us closer or further from God.

~Getting Gas for your wife instead of sleeping in.
~Playing catch with your son instead of updating Facebook.
~Smiling at others and saying hello instead of hurrying past.
~Talking about plans when you feel like sleeping.

So, I prayed this morning:

Lord, you have made your desires for us so clear. You want us to be with you. To love you completely. And you want us to love others. Help me when I'm weak. I need your Grace to overcome my selfishness. Help me show and share your love with everyone I meet. Let everything I do be for you. Guide me Lord. I ask through your Son Jesus, Amen.

Remember your wife...you promised

Do you forget where you left your keys? How about birthdays or anniversaries? How about Mother's day?
Maybe you are totally awesome and don't forget anything. I applaud you and truly admire that ability.
I've forgotten keys, walets, paperwork and dozens of other little things. I've forgotten my wife's birthday, our anniversary, and had her cook a big dinner on Mother's day. Not very clever at all.

The message my wife got from those actions is not the message I wanted to send. It was hurtful to be forgotten. My actions were saying "You aren't important enough for me to remember."

But my wife and our marriage is important to me. I promised her before God and more friends than I could name that I was going to be her husband. To love and honor her all the days of our lives. I meant it and still mean it today.

So being busy, stressed, or any other lame reason are just excuses. She and our marriage are a priority. So now I put down reminders in my calendar. I send myself e-mails and I make sure not to forget her. It is a choice to live up to the promise I made.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow. What a great day.
I’ll start my diet tomorrow.
I’ll clean my office tomorrow.
I’ll call my friend tomorrow.
I’ll tell my wife thank you tomorrow.
I’ll get her flowers tomorrow.
I’ll share my feelings with her tomorrow.
Tomorrow is filled with potential and seems capable of anything.

Tomorrow is a trap. A black hole that sucks what you can do now into a place where it doesn’t happen. So tell your wife thank you. Let her know what you are thinking. Remember why you married her and then tell her.

Don't worry about tomorrow and don't put all your hopes into tomorrow.

Live and love today!

“Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself.” Matthew 6:34.

~Tomorrow Never Comes~ by Norma Cornett Marek