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The holidays have been wonderful. My
husband had off almost two full weeks and it was a wonderful
time of connecting to him. Sometimes we both are so busy we
allow life and its circumstances to devour our moments of
intimacy. It was a refreshing and wonderful time. I am reminded
again why I love my husband and why I chose to remain in love
with my husband. God gave me such a wonderful gift and I am very
grateful for His generosity and lovingkindness.
During this reflective time, I was
reminded the other day about lessons I have learned in my life.
My children were the catalyst to change in my life. Although
these were not my only catalysts, I was reminded of these two
events which created a revolutionary change in my life and were
the forerunner for my warm, loving, caring relationship with my
husband.
Prior to my daughter’s birth, I realized
that I needed to set a good example for my child. I prayed for
God to change me. There were things in my life which I knew did
not glorify God so… the impending birth of my daughter brought
about many personal and spiritual changes.
The next change occurred after my son was
born. I realized how much I loved my son. I had his life planned
out for him within the first weeks of his birth. I did not have
his activities, education, or career planned, I had planned the
people who were going to be involved in my son’s life. My final
thought was I wanted him to have a loving, caring, gentle and
mostly kind wife who valued my son for his sensitivity and love.
Then God put the mirror to my face and asked if I was that kind
of wife to my husband. The kind of wife I wanted for my son.
That brought about a catalytic change in my life.
The reason I say all this is because I
don’t make New Year’s resolution. I can only thank God for the
many changes in my life which were brought about by His grace
and by the power of His son, Jesus Christ. I thank and praise
God for his lovingkindness and gentle prodding or leading which
has evoked these changes in my life. In the first chapter of the
book of Philippians, Paul told the church with confidence that
God would complete the good work He had begun until the day of
Jesus Christ.
Phil 1: 6
Being confident of
this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will
complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
So instead of making my own New Year’s
resolution, I ask God for His resolutions for my life. My prayer
is that I allow God to have His perfect will in my life so my
revolutionary changes will be meaningful, purposeful, and
glorifying to my Heavenly Father. He designed me so He obviously
knows what is best for me. My only goal or desire is to daily
seek His face and His perfect will. |
