10 Year Anniversary

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Flashback to our daugter's wedding 10 years ago!


The Bros


Almost falling in the creek!

"So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
Matthew 19:6
August 11
Happy Tenth Wedding Anniversary to our first born and her husband! It was a much hotter day here at Shiloh that year for sure.  It's a great marital exercise to look back on the beginning of our romances and remember what got the flame flying!  It's also important to remember marriage creates a cord of three strands.

Five years after my marriage my husband gave his life to Christ.  At that time he said to me he wanted to be married again, for he had made his marriage vows making a commitment to me and now he needed to take those vows making a commitment to God.


 Day Eleven Encouraging Your Husbands
"Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord". (Eph. 5:22) 
Women who are constantly negative toward their husbands—especially by speaking evil of them to others—show great disrespect. Determine not to do that today (or ever!). This challenge to encourage is closely connected to submission. 
Men respond to women who respect them. What do you respect about your husband? Part of that respect includes submission to his authority. Let your husband know how respecting him makes it easier to submit to his leadership. Show your respect in public by listening to him and smiling at him when he speaks. Place your hand in his as you walk together. 
If you feel there is nothing to respect, search harder . . . nearly every man has some core characteristic that can be nurtured and respected. In any case, you must still cultivate a submissive spirit to his position of leadership "as to the Lord." 
© Revive Our Hearts. Used with permission. www.ReviveOurHearts.com Info@ReviveOurHearts.com

"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.  
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, 
a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."  
Ephesians 5:1-2

Journaling Thought: How is your husband respectable?

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