Hi
Happy new year :) I hope and pray you have had an awesome Christmas and enjoyed spending it with loved ones. I've made it one of my goals this year to blog more often, I will post my goals for this year in my next post- will be tomorrow now as I have ran right out of time :( but before I go I leave you this list of Do's for honoring our beloved husbands.(the list is long, I shall post the dont's tomorrow) Thank you to my friend Donna for sharing it in my FB group. x
HONORING YOUR SPOUSE (THE DO’S)
Honoring your spouse to others includes other aspects of communication.
Just as the terrible act of putting your spouse down to others damages
the relationship, so your positive actions and words to express honor of
your spouse will enhance your marriage.
Do not be ashamed for
others to know that your love your spouse and that your spouse is the
most important person to you in the entire world.
Be sure that you have a
picture of your spouse as the first picture in your purse or billfold.
Make certain that you have a picture of your spouse on your dresser at
home and on your desk or station at work. These pictures give you the
blessing of a constant reminder of your spouse. They also give you a
reminder to be thinking about and praying for your spouse throughout the
day. They also are a tangible statement to your spouse that you are
happy to show the world that you belong to your spouse and that you
have no reservation or embarrassment about others seeing and knowing
that you are in love. The display of pictures of your spouse also has an
impact on others. When others see those photographs they will develop
the proper understanding of you as a happily married person and they
will not have incorrect or harmful expectations for or about you.
When someone request that you participate in something that conflicts
with your plans to do something with your spouse, take the opportunity
to honor your spouse and your marriage.Instead of simply declining, or answering generally that you have other plans, say something like, “That sounds great, but I already have that time reserved to go
on a walk with the most important person in my life, my precious wife/husband.”
When is the last time you planned specific words of honor, praise or
appreciation for you to express to your spouse the next time you are
alone? You like to receive compliments, so compliment your spouse. You
like to receive praise, so praise your spouse. You like to be thanked
and appreciated so show and express your appreciation to your spouse.
When you are with your spouse be sure that your words, actions,
expressions and your nonverbal communications all express honor and
respect for your spouse. Instead of taking your spouse for granted, your
spouse must remain as the most important person in the world to you.
Think of the most famous and acclaimed person you know of. Think of how
you would honor that person. Then make sure that your honor your spouse
even more so.
This principle of honoring your spouse to others is
not anything terribly profound. It will only happen, however, if you
CHOOSE to do it, and then you carry through. DO IT! Remember . . .
always, always, always honor and affirm your spouse when he or she is
mentioned or discussed with others as well as when you interact with
your spouse.
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