Letters to My Wife | A Prayer...

Father I ask that you would give my wife a good night's rest. Fill her mind with thoughts of Your goodness and Your grace. Remind her to always see Your face. Let her know how much a a gift she is to me. Show her the place where you want her to be. Thank you for bringing her into my life.

In Jesus Name,
Amen

-God's Man

Thoughts On My Bride...

When I was a boy I thought I knew
The woman who would be my wife.
I wanted her to be everything
Beautiful, Smart, Rich, and Bold
I only looked at the surface
But God looked beneath my request and saw who I am
And He gave me one who is sweet, and kind.
Who loves Him and me
One who will respect me in my craziness
One who wants to satisfy my needs.
When the time had come for me to walk down the aisle
I saw that God had met my real request
And everytime I see her I smile

Thanking God for you,
Your Husband

Meeting Time...

My day is crazy
Eyeing all these people talking about one issue after another
Either I could participate or not
To choose one I would have to care
I choose to think about you
Now my mind is full of candy, joy, and yum
Good thoughts that make me smile

The meeting is slowing down
I hope nobody knows that
My mind is not involved in
Everything they are discussing

Love,
God's Man

Phillipians 4:8

We have been having a rough time lately and I have been focused on the things I don't like. By doing this I opened the door for those "little foxes" from Song of Solomon and they have been spoiling our vineyard. I apologize for doing that. Thank you for being patient with me.

Today I took a step back to some emails I got back in April about Phillipians 4:8. The principle in this verse states that I need to focus on the good things in my life. When I began to "think on these things..." I was amazed by everything that God had placed in my life.

I just wanted to let you know that I love you and I will dwell on the good things. I am truly thankful for you.

With Love
Your Husband

Ode to Someone I Know...

I thought I would write you a poem

But I really didn't know why

So I thought I about all the reasons

How you caught my eye

 

The way you walk,

The way you talk

The way you smile at me

 

The more you sing,

The more joy you bring

To everyone you meet

 

My thoughts took over as I wrote this

And I ran out of words to say

Just know that I happy to

Share my life with you everyday

 

 

Letter's to My Bride | I Needed That...

Thank you my dear for the awesome you gave to me last night. You blessed me with something that is so precious. You gave me time. Time to do something for me. Time to take a step back and evaluate. Thano you because that is exactly what I needed.

Happy Birthday to My Bride...

On September 18, xxxx something happened that changed my world forever. At the time I couldn't have known the significance of that day. Life was new and I was trying to find my place in it. Isn't that how it normally works, you are walking along minding your own business when BAM! You never see it coming and you could never have prepared for it.

So what was it that happened on September 18? On September 18 my bride was born and I am ever grateful to God for her. I know that for a fact without her I would be a very different person.

As I got throughout this day I ask that you would leave a happy birthday comment for my wife. I would appreciate it.

Happy Birthday Darling, My life would upside down if you weren't in it. Thank God for a you.

-God's Man

God's Man | Being a Good Husband...

cross posted from www.gods-man.com

 

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I have been trying to understand what this means.  Over the last few weeks I have been struggling with the roles in my life.  Have any of your folks experienced this?  Sometimes, it seems, that my roles directly clash with on another.  Where does the role of father end and husband begin?  Where do my needs come into play?  How do I find time for everything I need to do?  How do I love when I am hurt, angry or frustrated?

 

Whenever I get frustrated I look into the book of Ecclesiastes.  There I find rest for my my busy mind.  Something about this book always grounds me.  Here is what it says in Ecclesiastes Chapter 3, verses 1-15 from the Message Paraphrase:

"There's an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth: 

A right time for birth and another for death, A right time to plant and another to reap, A right time to kill and another to heal,    A right time to destroy and another to construct,    A right time to cry and another to laugh, A right time to lament and another to cheer, A right time to make love and another to abstain, A right time to embrace and another to part, A right time to search and another to count your losses, A right time to hold on and another to let go, A right time to rip out and another to mend, A right time to shut up and another to speak up, A right time to love and another to hate, A right time to wage war and another to make peace. 

 

But in the end, does it really make a difference what anyone does? I've had a good look at what God has given us to do—busywork, mostly. True, God made everything beautiful in itself and in its time—but he's left us in the dark, so we can never know what God is up to, whether he's coming or going. I've decided that there's nothing better to do than go ahead and have a good time and get the most we can out of life. That's it—eat, drink, and make the most of your job. It's God's gift.

 

I've also concluded that whatever God does, that's the way it's going to be, always. No addition, no subtraction. God's done it and that's it. That's so we'll quit asking questions and simply worship in holy fear. 

Whatever was, is. Whatever will be, is. That's how it always is with God."

It is the last part that I want to focus in on. "I've also concluded that whatever God does, that's the way it's going to be, always."  When you couple this passage from Romans Chapter 8: 

"Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

 

God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him. After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun." -verses 26-30

God is working it out with us.  He has the best of intentions for us.  When I look on these two passages I can get past even the deepest hurts.  And sometimes it hurts to be a father.  It hurts to be a husband.  But through it all God is working it out for our good.  That is why I try not to get mixed up thinking about people's motives.  I just need to remind myself that God is working it out for my good.  What would I be without his Grace,  His Love, His Mercy?  How different would my life be if He hadn't stepped in and pulled me out of the muck and mire that I love so much?  I know that without Him I wouldn't even have a wife, whom I love so dearly.  I know that I would still be selfishly devoted to myself.  I would be focused only on gratifying myself.  I am grateful to understand the joy of sacrifice, and the pleasures of giving.  While sometimes I wish that I could get a little more, I understand what Agape love is and I treasure those moments when I can display it.  Remember to continue to love those closest to you.  No matter what the issue, situation or circumstance God has placed them in your life.  And God only does what is Good.  My bride might not be perfect, God knows I'm not, but she is a gift from God to me and that makes her a treasure.

 

-God's Man

Letters To My Bride | Harmony...

"Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble." - 2 Peter 3:7

My Wife's Mind

God I pray for my wife's mind today. As I listen to her playing with our girls, please removed any anxiety and stress. She wants so hard to be a good Mom. Remind her that she already is and give her peace so she can enjoy the moment.

Transform her by the renewing of her mind, in Jesus name.

Amen

Letters To My Bride | Two Become One...

Two bubbles in a crystal bowl appear,

Born separately: round the opposing rims

Each for awhile in a charmed circle swims,

And shuns the other's touch, as if in fear.

A gold-fish rising breaks the mimic mere;

A thwart tide, traversing the surface, dims

The placid water: from the distant brims

The bubbles swept together are one sphere!

They might have perished singly; might have known

Life but not love, and living separate

Have ceased imperfect, sundered mate from mate;

And thou and I have walked the world alone,

And died so, if the strong storm had not blown

That swept us hither on the tides of fate.

 

Sonnet XV by By John Barlas 1889

"You are my refuge and my shield. I take shelter in your Word" - Psalm 115:114

Thank You for truly seeking after the Word of God

Letters To My Bride | His Light Shines...

I can see His light shining in you. I am grateful to walk this life with both of you. Matthew 5:14, 16

Letters To My Bride | Father I Thank You

Father,
I Thank You for my Wife. She seeks you and so should I. Thank you for a marriage where we do not hold grudges nor do we play games. Help me to always look beyond what she is really telling me. In this case she was telling me that there was something wrong with the car. She was also telling me to listen to her opinion. In my arrogance I thought I knew the situation better. I should have considered her feelings more. I apologize for not using your discernment more because in the end God, she was right! I should remember that you stepped in and told Abraham to listen to his wife. That was Good Advice. I married her so I should at the very least take what she says seriously. You gave me a good one. I would say your best.
Keep working on me so I can be the husband that you want me to be.
In Jesus Name. Amen

I Stand Ready...

Lord I stand ready to defend my wife from the snares and traps of the enemy. I know that evil tries to drag her down. The enemy wants to take her mind. He wants to steal her spirit.

He hates her joy and he despises her faith. He seeks to kill her confidence and maim her strength.

Lord I pray in Jesus Name that you would keep her safe. That you would empower me to pray for her and smack me when I neglect to do so. Help me to keep my eyes on you so I can see where out help comes from.

Thank you Lord for the blessing that is my wife.

In Jesus Name I proclaim her safety.
Amen

-God's Man

Standing For You...

Lord I know that the world has it in for my wife. I know that the devil is trying to get her to have doubts. Doubts about her worth, her beauty, and her walk with you. He is waging war against our marriage in a big way. He doesn't want our marriage to succeed.

I know, however, that you Father are our help in our time of struggle. I know that You made her with love and pride in your heart. I know that You have a plan for her and for our marriage. So Father I will not worry. Make me the mirror by which Your reflection of her shines.

In Jesus Name
Amen

Making Things Fit...

I was really frustrated with you this evening. I wanted to stay mad with you but I was prompted to stop focusing on myself and focus on you.

I was overcome with a desire to let people who are important to me know just how much I love them. So I began emailing my friends, telling them that they were special to me, that my life would be so very different with out them.

Then I began to think about our 10+ years together. How we are now on our 6th year of marriage and I was blown away by how grateful I am to have you in my life. I can't even imagine whatg my life would be like today if we had never met. There are so many wonderful thing that I would never have experienced without you by my side.

As I listen to you and Z snorring here in our room I am awed by how great
God has been to me.

I love you Darling. No matter what that will never change.

God's Man

Thoughts of You...

I know that it has been a while since I last wrote to you. Christmas has come and gone and the new year flew by. Valentines is over but there is so much that I want to say.

Stay strong my dear as we watch our dreams unfolding before us. It is hard not to just start running but we need to wait on God's timing. He will make sure that everything is in place. We have seen the vision. Now we just have to wait for his signal.

I cannot think of anyone that I would rather walk with me on this life's journey. I understand God's Love more becuase of our relationship.

May you continue to find strength in Him

Your Husband...