The Game of Honor

Romans 12:10 says in the ESV "Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor." I really like that thought. I have this game I play with myself. I try to outdo my hubby in showing honor. Which means doing the things he appreciates or would enjoy. Usually it’s quite a competition. He’s much better than I am at honoring me as a way of life. Here’s a little list from my notebook on some ways right now I'm working on in honoring my Hubby. Insert the things that show your hubby or the people in your family honor.

4 ways I can Honor my Hubby Daily.
(This does not include the things that I do everyday without thought. This is only the things I know he appreciates and I struggle to do.)
• Keep the couch and rocker cleared off of stuff
• Have a drink in the fridge when he gets home
• Have a snack ready when he gets home at night
• Be attractive when he gets home


4 Habits to Learn that Honor my Hubby Daily
• PRAY FOR HIM!!!
• Don’t be a nag
• Let him sleep
• Let him get his work done

You are Loved

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2

You are loved beyond your failures
You are loved beyond your past
The hope that you’ve imagined
Is now reality at last
You are loved with no conditions
You are loved with no remorse
The scars of your forgiveness
Are engraved upon the Lord
You are loved

A Decision

Life is a Decision. And in this point of life I’ve learned that marriage is a decision. A decision to honor when my feelings tell me to spout out a sarcastic comment. A decision to not harbor the feelings of resentment that creep in when my husband doesn’t come in when I think he should or doesn’t buy what I think he should and the list goes on.

I guess I’ve always known that life was a decision. A decision to use my money wisely, to work with integrity, to do the very best I can even when no one else is. To love even when it hurts and to turn the other cheek. Ultimately to make a moment by moment decision for Christ. To obey His commandments which is loving Him (John 14:23) and to love my neighbor as myself.

One decision I've been making is the decision to not just make my husband apart of my life but make his life mine. It's one thing to make sure his physical needs are met; give him this little section of my time here but still remain disconnected in my world. But to make his dreams my dreams, his desires, my desires, his heart, my heart. Now that takes a decision.

Yes, quite often I feel like loving my husband. To serve him, respect him and do what pleases him. But more often than not, it is my right decisions that cause me to feel like doing that.
My feelings follow my decisions.

But I can’t make this decision on my own. I find the farther I stray from God, meaning the times when I don’t seek Him continually are the times when I struggle the most to make the right decision and to do the right thing. Only by the power of God can I move forward. And when I am seeking the face of God, and trusting Him, I am loving my husband. Because loving God is the best thing I can do to love my husband.

Am I there yet? Not a chance. But that is part of God's grace.

Heal the Wound, Leave the Scar

"Thank you, Father for struggle, I wouldn't be the same person without it. Thank You for the blessing in knowing You will never leave us or forsake and will be with us in our darkest hour. Never let me forget the pain and Your love."



I used to wish that I could rewrite history
I used to dream that each mistake could be erased
Then I could just pretend
I never knew the me back then

I used to pray that You would take this shame away
Hide all the evidence of who I've been
But it's the memory of
The place You brought me from
That keeps me on my knees
And even though I'm free

Heal the wound but leave the scar
A reminder of how merciful You are
I am broken, torn apart
Take the pieces of this heart
And heal the wound but leave the scar

I have not lived a life that boasts of anything
I don't take pride in what I bring
But I'll build an altar with
The rubble that You've found me in

And every stone will sing
Of what You can redeem

Heal the wound but leave the scar
A reminder of how merciful You are
I am broken, torn apart
Take the pieces of this heart
And heal the wound but leave the scar

Don't let me forget
Everything You've done for me
Don't let me forget
The beauty in the suffering

~Point of Grace
Heal the Wound

Do you believe the holocaust happened?

You are For Me

"....If God is for us, who can be against us? He Who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God Who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, Who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?....

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him Who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:31-35, 37-39



Are you feeling alone? Abandoned? Are you downcast and is your soul disturbed within you? Put your hope in Christ Jesus and praise Him, your Savior and your God. (adapted from Psalm 42:11)