“That’s funny,” remarked Laura, “Noah is the same way.”
“I just can’t understand him sometimes,” added Tracy. “At one point it sounds like we’re totally on the same page. We read each other’s mind. But then all of a sudden—“
“—he does something so stupid. Then he claims it the only logical way, right?”
“Exactly.”
“Men. I don’t know why they’re that way, but they just don’t understand that we women know the right way to do things more often than not. I don’t know how many times I have to get Noah to come out of his workshop and do something around the house. And don’t get me started about how he doesn’t ask for directions,” Laura laughed.
“But does he listen to you? Because I think that sometimes Adam tunes me out.”
“I told him early on that it was either my way or the highway, so he’d better listen. Sure, I let him make a few decisions, but for the big ones I have to have the last word.”
Something happens when a woman becomes a mom. The dad loves his children, spends time with his children, but is still a man. A woman changes, and is much more easily focused on her children than on her husband.
It may be that the wife is more invested in the children. She’s more nurturing, probably spends more time with them. They were a part of her insides once, and they have a special bond.
The problem is that the primary relationship that a wife needs to maintain is the one with her husband—both for their sake and the child’s sake.
Your Pledge
The truth is, your marriage will not survive if you do not give each other the attention you pledged to each other. When you said “forsaking all others” that included your children in a way. You promised to have a primary relationship with your spouse. Yes, you love your children and need to show them that love. But that love cannot come at the cost of losing your relationship with your husband.
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“Every afternoon it’s the same thing,” Karin told her friend Kristin. “David comes home from doing the chores and he doesn’t take his boots off. They’ve got all kinds of stuff on them, but he tracks them through the house. Doesn’t he know that I spend all kinds of time cleaning it!?”
“I know, my husband is the same way. I don’t know how many times I’ve told him to put the toilet seat down when he’s done using it, and he always leaves it up. The other night I was trying to be kind—so when I got up in the dark and tried to use the bathroom without turning on the lights and waking him up, I almost fell right in!”
“Men. They should know better than to act this way!”
Coming in from a rough afternoon, Noah sits down on the couch, clearly dismayed. When Laura walks by on her way to the kitchen, she sees him and asks him, “What’s wrong?”
“Everything. Nothing that I do seems to work.”
“Oh come on, you’re blowing things out of proportion.”
“No, seriously, everything I did today broke. The potion I tried to create smells like my stinky socks, the television I tried to fix broke… Some days I wonder if I’m just not cut out for this line of work.”
“Well, it’ll get better with time, Noah.” Laura turns and walks away.
The Women of Proverbs – The Disgraced Mother
May 17, 2012 by Peacefulwife
Filed under Biblical Focus
The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother. Proverbs 29:15
A SIN NATURE PROBLEM
Children are born sinners. We don’t have to teach them to sin, talk back, disobey, push the limits, throw tantrums, be selfish, yell, scream, hit, kick, bite, steal, destroy other people’s things… they can learn that all on their own!
It always kind of shocks me when I hear a mother of children older than age 1 say that "everyone is basically good." It has been pretty obvious to me from a very young age that my children take after me and their Daddy – they have a sinful nature.
It is our God-given responsibility as parents to do something about this sin issue or there will be severe consequences in our precious children’s future! That sinful nature is set on autopilot to cause our children to self-destruct if it is not managed, controlled and regulated.
I am blessed to be a writer. God impresses so many ideas into my little brain that if I didn’t get to write I would explode. If you struggle with this problem, it is a good sign that God created you to write or express thoughts in some kind of form that communicates to others.
I love looking at old books – Goodwill and the Thrift Stores are some of the best places to find such treasures. Most libraries discard these gems… the pages are yellowed or even cracked, the binding is loose, the dust cover is faded or torn. Someone who loves filling the shelves with the newest and latest has no problem loading these great books away and stamping them with a big read “DISCARD”. (more…)
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As you know eyelashes exist for a purpose – to keep dust and debris away from our sensitive eyes and help prevent irritation. Along with adding beauty to your face, mascara provides health benefits as mascara helps in maintenance of longer eyelashes. Longer lashes keep debris far from eyes’ reach.
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