1. What inspired you to do this blog?
I was inspired by a whisper from the Lord to do this blog. Just one day as I was driving along the road, the thought came to me to bless my husband and our marriage by honoring him everyday for a year. It was mainly because I wanted to be more of an example about the things I'd like to see in my marriage. The Lord was clear that I needed to start with me. About a week later, as I thanked God for this assignment it was revealed to me that it was not intended for just me and Bryan. The Lord said I was to share it. I had no idea how to do this and then of course he revealed to blog about it. I had never blogged before and certainly had no idea how to create one. That in of itself was quite the challenge but well worth it. (Pleae read the first post to learn more about my why).
2. I do not have a Google, Yahoo or Twitter account? How can I become a follower?
You can become a follower with ANY email account. If you do not have any of the above follow the steps below. Creating an account has no adverse impact on your current email address.
- Click on Follow
- Click on create Google account. You will be taken to a page that will ask for your current email address.
- Enter your current email address. It is suggested that you use a personal email address instead of a work email address.
- Enter a password.
- Scroll down and enter your country and your birthdate, this is for demographics info only.
- Type the security key and click on create account.
- At the next page, you can change your name to what you want it to be. You can also add a picture.
- You can choose to follow publicly or privately. If you choose private we cannot see you. Scroll down to learn more about following publicly or privately. My hope is that you follow publicly so we can see how close or far we are from the goal.
- Click follow this blog.
- You are now a follower - thank you and I look forward to hearing any comments you choose to make.
- Log into your email address and click on the link for verification.
If you sign up to be a follower, you are committing to honoring your husband, your marriage and God in the ways that is right for your relationship as the Lord guides you. I believe all who decide to join and be intentional about the commitment, the Lord will speak to your heart about the ways you need to change. I am also very clear that as you change, the Lord will change your mate and your marriage. I am seeing it on a daily basis in my own marriage.
4. When I tried to sign up, I am asked to sign up privately or publicly, what's the difference?
When you sign up privately this means that only you know you have made the commitment to honor your husband. You are not visible to me or others who are members or those who join. You also may not be able to see who else is following. So basically, if you join privately your accountability is between you and God.
When you sign up publicly, this means that your photo (if you add one) will be displayed on the blog as a follower. You are announcing publicly to the world that you have made the commitment to honor your husband for a year. Your information will not be made public if join publicly. If someone wants to send you an email, they will have to join the blog to do so. So say for example you make a comment about something that inspires someone and they want to thank you, they can do so, only if they are a member and only if you are following publicly. Otherwise they cannot.
5. What is your preference about how people join?
My hope is that this movement reaches and impacts 100,000 plus women, marriages and lives so the world knows our commitment to our marriage, our husbands and God. In order to know if this goal has been met, I prefer people to join publicly, otherwise I will have no idea of the impact.
6. If I have joined privately, can I change it to public or vice versa?
Yes, if you log on from the computer at which you joined, you should see your picture or a box for a picture. Somewhere near that should be a link for options.
- Click on options and then site settings.
- When you click on options, the first setting will say, You are following privately or anonymously.
- Click on whatever you have selected.
- On the next screen you can then change it to follow publicly.
- Click save
- When you return to the site you will see your picture along with everyone else that is following. Do not be alarmed if you see your picture twice. The first is to allow you to make changes, forward a link to ask others to join or send an email to another follower. The second acknowledges you have joined the movement.
Absolutely not, once you join, it is up to you to determine the frequency at which you read the blogs and respond. You are not required to comment by being a follower, however my hope is that as you feel led or inspired by any one of my stories, you do make a comment. We can only learn different ways of honoring our husbands if you as a follower share your stories. So share at your leisure, but please share.
8. I love my husband but our marriage is really struggling right now, if I join publicly, I feel I will not be being honest with myself about what I will do?
I can only answer this one based on my belief. So my response is not intended as advice, but simply my opinion and belief about what I hope I would do.
One of my reasons for starting this blog was to be the change I want to see. So my hope is that if there comes a time over the course of this year where Bryan and I are struggling, I will continue to honor him with the belief that as I change, the world around me will change as well. So I would offer to you to try honoring your husband and see where it takes you.
9. Do I have to tell my husband I am a follower?
That is something I would take to prayer. When the Lord gave me this assignment, I had no intentions of telling Bryan, I was just going to do it. But as the Lord would have it, I not only told him but the rest of the world as well. I can truly say, him knowing has made a great difference for us both. I call it the accountability factor.
10. How do I get my picture to show as a follower?
First you have to make sure you joined publicly. When you join you should have the option to download a photo, you can click on photo and download a picture of yourself from your computer. If you do not have one on your computer, you will need to save one first and then add it. Please email me if you have other questions rochelle@iwillhonormyhusband.com.
