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I Will Honor My Husband blog site began as a wife's journey to love, honor and cherish her husband everyday for one full year in 2011. The experience was so awesome that I am continuing the journey. As the Lord guides me I will continue to post about how I am honoring my husband on at least a weekly basis. This blog is for me and other wives to learn how to be more intentional in demonstrating our love, honor and respect for our husbands in a way that matters to them most. Last year it was a challenge and a goal to make it a habit, this year I hope to realize the habit as a way of life. I welcome, encourage and invite you to - Join the Movement! and let the world know you honor your husband.

My prayer is that marriages and lives will be changed across the globe by the expression of "One Year of Love". Please send me a picture of you and your husband so the world will know you have joined the movement.

Rochelle

"The Lord, your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and all your soul." Deut. 13:3

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Day 94 Honoring My Husband With Free Will

When Bryan and I got married the minister that married us told us to both look at our wedding party and to wave goodbye to them and our friends because we were to be tied to each other and not to our friends.  So of course we were obedient and wave while we both laughed.  We have always had a relationship such that it was important to maintain our relationship with our friends while maintaining respect for our marriage.

Today I honored Bryan with free will because although we have spent very little time together this week, he had the opportunity to go to the baseball game but was concerned about how I might feel about it.  I explained to him that I was fine with it because he rarely takes time to do something that he really enjoys.  So I spent the evening catching up on some work and was actually amazed at how much I accomplished.

Unfortunately, the Orioles lost today but the night wasn't wasted.  Since tomorrow is my birthday he came home and surprised me with a cake, flowers and card on the eve of my birthday and it was an awesome surprise and totally unexpected.  It is so nice when the small things in life are rewarded with great surprises.

Wives of the world in what ways do you honor your husband with free will?  Do you expect him to spend every free moment with you or do you allow space and grace for him to have time with friends.  Please share your stories with us; we would love to hear from you. 

Blessings,

Rochelle

"God created the law of free will, and God created the law of cause and effect. And he himself will not violate the law.  We need to be thinking less in terms of what God did and more in terms of whether or not we are following those laws."  Marianne Williamson

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