Hearts at Home - Day 2

Last night as I layed in bed praying and asking God what would I write today about Hearts at Home...He reminded me of the message Jill Savage gave at the Mom's Day out two years ago...it was on marriage...something about passion in your marriage...I think to be more specific. I was not going to stay in that workshop, but the Lord put it on my heart at that last second to stay. It was a great workshop, insightful, funny and convicting...Today I still find myself re-evaluating my heart and asking a question from that seminar...."Are you a Wife/Mother or a Wife/Lover?" at first it was like...Sheesh! Of course I am a wife and a mother...but it sunk into me what she was talking about ( my husband probably should write her a personal thank you letter) You see, it downed me that our husbands already have a mother, one who nurtured them and trained them up and took care of their daily needs; cooking them meals, washing there close, etc.... My husband didn't marry me to replace his mom, He needed someone who could love him unconditionally and shower him with affections and meet his emotional and physical needs....too often I found myself thinking Of course He knows I love him...didn't he eat 3 meals yesterday he didn't have to cook? or He went to work in a fresh uniform right? The house was clean when he walked in and the kids were taken care of....what more does he expect from me...you see all those things weren't things I needed to do to meet my husbands expectations they were requirements God gave me when i excepted my role as Home maker, Wife, Mother. Those things I need to do as onto the Lord...my husband needed to know I loved him because I was available to him wholeheartedly...not just when the kids were in bed, or not when i could fit him into everything else... He needed to be above everything else( yes even my children) He needed to know I would love all of him and I would be his confidant and the one he could rely on and trust in all things...he needed a women who saw herself as a gift God created especially for him and one who was pleased to be his soul mate.... I still struggle today with meeting the needs to my husband as his Wife/Lover but it is an important part of my marriage now...I am reminded to play with my husband, to have fun, to be creative in the ways i show my affection for him... Life is tough and it is full of stress and mountains to climb, however, God did not intend for our marriages to be one of those mountains....

" I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. ' Song of Solomon 6:3


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