Devotional is a great way to create...TIME

This week my husband and I started reading a daily devotional together. I felt like we were not putting God at the center of our hearts and our relationship and we needed to get back on track. I suggested we get a daily devotional and so we headed straight to Borders and picked one up. We started reading and meeting three days ago and it has made such a difference. Spending 15 minutes together discussing God and praying for our family, marriage and friends has been such a blessing. I feel like we talk more and I know more about how my husband is feeling...all this in just three days. By no means did we have a bad relationship before this book but we just needed to focus on Jesus more in our everyday life here. So far, so good! The book has really helped me be able to talk about my feelings, which I am not so great at and it leads us into a topical conversation. I would recommend getting a daily devotional for every married couple because it can make a world of difference in just a few days. I feel like we are getting back on track in seeing who we are as Christians and what our mission is. The best part of being married is knowing you have a partner that will combat evils in the world with you and hold your hand while you both fight the good fight. Relish in God's word it was his love story for us and to us.

There is truth in love

The truth is I am very blessed. My husband is not only a person I love but someone I truly respect. I know, I know you are thinking this is a wife who is just getting gushy…well you are right in a way. I more wanted to let you know about something eye opening that happened to me the other night when we were watching a film. The movie was filled with the lies of a cheating husband and the double life he leads, while trying to keep a firm grip on reality. It’s an interesting tale, one that was almost too close to home with my childhood memories. Anyway after the movie my husband and I were talking about our opinions of the characters and I said, “I don’t understand why he just couldn’t be honest with his wife. Why couldn’t he just tell her he was cheating and get it over with?”

“I think he just shouldn’t have cheated in the first place,” said my husband.

Then it hit me. My husband is a good man…no a great man! The fact that he personally had this view and this response made me so thrilled I married him. You see I was raised to watch cheating men and the women just stood by and welcomed them home after they disappeared time and time again. My husband was raised to believe that cheating emotionally or physically is just wrong and I am so blessed to know that. Even something as simple as watching a pretend story in a movie makes him take a stand against cheating and lecture me about how it's not acceptable. I am so thankful that I have broken the cycle of abuse. They say you marry someone like your father and I am happy to say I didn’t. My husband is faithful and forever honest to a fault. Can’t wait to see what else he teaches me as the years go on.