Christine over at Fruit in Season has started a new thing called Marriage Monday. I really like the idea of looking at our marriages on a regular basis to see if there is anything that we can do better. I decided to join in this week. Here are the 3 questions that were posed for this week:
1. How do the media, friends, extended family and other outside influences affect your attitude in your marriage?
2. What are some resources of encouragement for you in your pursuit of godly wifehood?
3. Where would your husband say he falls in your list of priorities from day to day? Where on the list do you think he should be? If the answers to the last 2 questions don’t match up, how can you remedy that?
For me personally, there aren’t a lot of things in the media or with friends/family that influence my attitude in our marriage. One main thing was that we went into our marriage knowing that divorce was not an option because of seeing what divorce can do in a family. I do know that the things that I see in the media make me more appreciative of my husband and my marriage.
The Bible is always the best source of encouragement and training when it comes to our walk with God. The internet/bloggy world has recently become a great resource for me as well. It’s wonderful to have the opportunity to fellowship (even long distance) with other women who seek to honor God in their lives. I also like to read various books on being a Godly wife. Some of the great books are The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace and The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omaritian.
My husband feels that he’s at the top of my priority list (well, behind sleep sometimes is what he said exactly. lol!)
On a day-to-day basis, my husband is usually number 1 (behind God), but there are times that he falls to number 2 as things with Munchkin take precedence. Was it always this way? No. For quite some time, I had my priorities out of order and allowed Munchkin to come first before my husband. While it is very easy for this to happen, it’s not right. That was/is something that I always have to work on for the sake of our marriage.
Things aren’t perfect in our marriage, but we really do try our best to make sure that we put each other first after our relationship with Christ. Sometimes things do get out of wack, so it’s something that we constantly have to work on as a couple.
Thanks for joining in today! I agree that the media makes me so thankful for the marriage that we have- God is in the center and that takes the focus off of “happiness” which is fleeting, to “joy” which is eternal.
About keeping your husband above the kids, there was a quote that I liked from the book, “You had a husband first, and children second” and how it’s important not to forget that!
I rarely find a book that I agree with 100% but I think you’ll find some good things in this one.
Blessings!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Christine’s topic this week.
I have to agree. We have to work together on the marriage for it to work. BTW – I have read both books you have mentioned in your post :)…Great resources. There are quite a few out there that give us a little help (besides God’s Word).
Blessings on your Monday afternoon and always.
LOL! I loved the, “behind sleep!”
Ive read some of Stormie Omaritian shes good!!
thanks for sharing that was interesting