After taking care of all the business stuff I got right into my school projects and client work and then onto a late video conference call for a school assignment of which I had to facilitate. By 9:30 PM I was exhausted. Yet as I ended my video conference call I heard the door bell ring. My first thought was what happened that would cause someone to ring our bell so late. Turns out Bryan had invited someone over to our house to do a sales demonstration. It was somone I knew but that was not even in my radar. He led the person to our front table and turned her over to me while he sat in front of the TV. I was not a happy camper but she is pretty young and I did not want to hurt her feelings because she drove at least an hour to do this presentation.
To make a long story short, it was a two hour presentation and needless to say I was beyond exhausted when it was done. I was not happy with Bryan because I had no idea this person was showing up and he went about his evening as normal while I felt he hijacked mine. When she left I was so tired all I could say to him was simply, please do not do that again. Today I am honoring my husband with forgiveness. Any other time I would have been delighted to support the work of this young lady however it could not have been on a worse evening.
I am honoring my husband today with forgiveness for several reasons, 1. I did not want to carry it, 2. He did apologize for not informing me or asking me if it would be okay, 3. Because that is what we do as a child of God, we forgive. What else was I to do? I am not the kind of person that carries things around but I do let my feelings be known. I actually found it quite funny that I simply did not have the energy to do anything else but forgive him. Sometimes God just knows. He has forgiven me of all my transgressions the least I could do is forgive my husband for his today.
Wives of the world in what ways do you or can you honor your husband's with forgiveness? This issue may seem pretty minor to most, however I am one that really value my time and will plan my day up to the end so it left me with a few things undone for the day that will have to be carried over into tomorrow. Forgiveness or the lack of it can be the cause of some much dissention in a marriage or relationship. Something happens and we hold on to it, yell at the person for something totally unrelated and they are clueless that the thing we were angry about happened 7 days prior. How do you need to honor your husband with forgiveness in today? What if anything are you holding on to that is causing a divide in your marriage. Please share your stories with us; we would love to hear from you.
Blessings,
Rochelle
"In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace." Ephesians 1:7
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