“But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head” (Ps. 3:3). Everyone experiences discouragement. But what do we do when we are so discouraged that we find it hard to be the helper that our husbands need? My husband has an autoimmune disease that requires an...
Category: Extraordinary Wife
BEATING THE BLUES
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings” (Ps. 40:2). It is a very rare Christian wife who does not experience an occasional “case of the blues.” Discouragement hits just about everyone at some point in life,...
GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT
“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh” (Luke 6:45). There is a slang expression related to computer...
LIKE HUGGING A CACTUS
“Charity suffereth long” (1 Cor. 13:4). I stood at an altar on March 15, 1980 and pledged my forever love to my college sweetheart. We sang a duet together for our ceremony (albeit it was on a recording, since I didn’t want my hunk of a man to pass out during our nuptials!). The song...
PRIORITIZING MARRIAGE AFTER CHILDREN
“Have you not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath...
SERVING THE LORD TOGETHER WITH YOUR SPOUSE
“Always abounding in the work of the Lord” (1 Cor. 15:58). Married couples have many special ways to enjoy and share their lives together. A wife and her husband may enjoy things together like eating out, exercising, or going on trips. There are the mutually shared experiences of starting a family, building a house, raising...