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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

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Day 223 Honoring My Husband With A Lesson On Leadership

Sometimes God will make us our own teachers without us being aware of what is happening.  Today I had a pretty big eye opener in regards to this.  I am responsible for developing leaders in my church and today was the first day of Leadership School.  Today's lesson was about being balanced and leading with influence.  One of our church ministers taught the session on balance and I taught the session on influence but we had collaborated on our work.

As I sat listening to the lesson on balance I realized that it truly was a lesson I needed to have and apply for myself.  The topic was specifically about how as a church member or leader in the church we may feel guilty when we are not able to be at church, or will schedule our vacation, family activities or even self care around church.  The lesson went on to speak about how being out of balance is not what God intended for our lives. 

I recently had a conversation with Bryan about how much time I spend at the church.  We live 60 miles away and he was concerned about what the travel time is costing me in gas.  I shared with him how guilty I felt that since I left my corporate job I have not been able to contribute financially to the church like I used to so I now give more of my time to compensate.  He understood but so did I.  The lesson this evening had me take another look at how I can better balance the time I give to the church with everything else going on.  I had the epiphany that God does not want us to to be guilted into serving beyond our realistic capacity.  I felt like a huge load had been lifted off my shoulders.

Today I am honoring my husband with a lesson on leadership.  The lesson is that Jesus wants us to be great leaders that live a life of balance.  He knows my heart and wants me to better balance my time at home with my time at church.  Honoring my husband with this leadership lesson is like having a new leash on being a servant leader for Christ.  It is so awesome when the Lord releases us in a new way.

Wives of the world how can you honor your husband with this lesson on leadership?  Is there something that you are overly committed to, church, work, extended family or friends that may be impacting your time with your husband?  How can you honor your husband with this lesson on leadership today?

Blessings,

Rochelle

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." JFK

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