I can recall very vividly sitting outside on the morning of my wedding day, bible in my lap, a cool breeze blowing, and praying to my Lord, asking Him to give me strength, wisdom, and patience (just to name a few) and to help me be the wife that my future husband needed. In the days since then, there have been countless times that I’ve had to rely on God once again to be my strength, to give me wisdom, and to bless me with patience……but he never fails me.
The Lord calls us to be a help-meet to our husbands, to submit to them, but above all else to love them. It isn’t always easy putting the needs of someone else above my own. Especially when I’m exhausted from being a mom and homemaker all day and Husband is sitting in his recliner relaxing. But it is in these moments that I remember that my service to my family and my husband is my gift to them. It isn’t meant to be a burden that I lay at their feet and say “Look at all that I’ve done for you today”. It is meant to bless them. I want my family to be comfortable and cared for within our home…..and that is what I provide for them.
So, today I reflect on how I can be more intentional as a wife and help-meet to my husband. Proverbs 31 gives us a mountain of insight into this topic, and can seem a bit daunting at first. But Proverbs 31:12 states “She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.” We are called to be a blessing to our husbands, not a curse. Philippians 2:3-4 says “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
So, to my sweet husband, I promise to continue to serve you as I am called by the Lord to do. I will encourage you and uplift you. I will listen to you and pray for you. I will provide a comforting place for you to rest your weary soul, and I will consider your needs above my own. I will intentionally look for ways to be a blessing to you each and every day.
You are an amazing Wife. the kids and I are so blessed to have you in our Lives. I Love You and am Thankful to be Married to You. Keep the faith and your Love for the Lord and we can’t go wrong. Love , Your husband Steve.
I cannot express with words or even open emotion how proud it makes me to be your sister! Not only to be your sister, but for you, the mother, wife, christian, and friend….to have taken part in making me who I have become! This is not the path I thought God had chosen for our relationship when I was a child, teen, or even young adult, but I can sit here and say that I am glad that we fallowed and are now here! love you and you amaze me daily! Great job! Ready for day 2~
Such a sweet post and great reminder to all of us wives to be more intentional in our marriage. Thank you for sharing your heart!
There are very few people that I learn more from in the organic industry than Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Directory of the Center for Food Safety (CFS) in Washington, D.C. Not only does Andrew Kimbrell preside over one of the most important non-profits in the fight for healthy and organic food, but he is also one […]
There are very few people that I learn more from in the organic industry than Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Directory of the Center for Food Safety (CFS) in Washington, D.C.
Not only does Andrew Kimbrell preside over one of the most important non-profits in the fight for healthy and organic food, but he is also one my favorite interviews (see HERE and HERE).
For President’s Day recently, Andrew wrote an excellent piece about what is truly taking place in our country, and I wanted to share it with you below. If you like what he has to say here, be sure to sign up for the CFS newsletter and please consider supporting this phenomenal organization.
Let’s start with the big positive. Too often, democracy has meant voting every couple of years for a candidate that is “the lesser of two evils.” But now citizens and their representatives all across the country are voting directly on major social and technology issues that impact their families and neighborhoods. Often, they are saying no to technologies that will poison their water, destroy their land and biodiversity, and threaten the health of their children and communities.
One example is the issue of genetically engineered (GE) crops and foods. More than 80% of GE crops are designed to withstand massive doses of toxic herbicides and still survive. This has meant the addition of hundreds of millions of pounds of these chemicals to our farmland and food crops. Even as weeds develop resistance to multiple herbicides, corporations such as Monsanto and Dow have their cronies in government approving GE crops that will be doused with ever more hazardous herbicides in order to kill these resistant “superweeds.” The nightmare scenario is clear: scientists predict that unless these GE crops are stopped, nearly a billion more pounds of 2,4-D (an element of Agent Orange) or dicamba (a notoriously dangerous weed killer) will be sprayed over your land, water supply, neighborhoods and schools over the next five years.
While many of these bills have been beaten back, sadly some have passed, including a recent bill in Pennsylvania stripping communities of any power to restrict fracking. And the companies don’t stop there. When a state goes against their wishes, such as Vermont with its GE food labeling bill, these chemical companies not only sue to keep the bill from informing citizens about what is in their food, but in their biggest move to subvert democracy, they are lobbying Congress to support a bill that we call the “Dark Act.” This Monsanto-backed bill would rescind all current state labeling laws and preempt any state from enacting a GE food labeling law in the future. That’s right, this Dark Act would nullify the labeling bills that have been passed and would permanently halt the democratic will of the citizens of any state to demand their right to know.
So we find ourselves this President’s Day in an historic moment for our democracy. On one hand, in an unprecedented extension of democracy, we have a surge of citizens voting at the community and state level on some of the most important issues of the day, including critical technological decision-making. Against this wave are the self-serving chemical, oil and gas corporations who will wield all the financial and legal power that they can muster to crush this democratic blossoming, and establish a corporate oligarchy that protects their bottom line from the will of the people.