One good thing we can do for our marriage is to be an encourage wife. How can we encourage our husband? What steps can we take to be more encouraging?
Marriage Monday
Marriage Monday – Diligent
Merriam Webster defines “diligent” as “characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort.” Steady effort. Earnest effort. Energetic effort. Three things I am not! I am more of a “spits and spurts” kind of person. I do really good for a little while, then not so good (or pretty bad sometimes) for a little while.. it’s a cycle. But diligent? Notsomuch. However, I really want to be. The bible has some …
Marriage Monday ~ Content
Most of the time I try to be content with whatever life brings. Sometimes I do fail though. And what I have learned is this: complaining and whining only stresses my husband out and causes contention between us. (And sometimes it spreads to the children!) It’s true. I looked up “content” in the Thesaurus and felt convicted by the list of antonyms I found there! depressed disagreeable discontent dissatisfied disturbed …