Trustworthy

Just recently I celebrated my 7 year wedding anniversary!  I absolutely love being married to my husband Scott, who is my best friend and partner in life. I am seeing more and more as the days, weeks, months and years go by how we complete each other.  His gifts and abilities strengthen me; my gifts and abilities strengthen him.  Marriage truly is a partnership!  As a married woman, it is my responsibility to do all I can to strengthen, support, encourage and minister to my husband. 

Proverbs 31:11-12 says: "The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain.  She does him good and not evil all the days of her life."

I emphasis the word "trust" in this scripture because it seems to jump out at me.  Let me back up for a moment.

Lately the Lord has been revealing to me some areas of my life where I need to step up to the plate - specifically regarding my role as the home manager.  I am always amazed at the wide range of gifts, talents and abilities the Proverbs 31 woman has.  This morning I had yet another revelation about our role model (the Prov 31 woman)...she probably had to work very hard to become better at the areas she lacked.  Let's face it...we are not perfect!  Darn it!  It's going to take some hard work ladies to become as diligent, consistent, thorough and knowledgable as we are called to be.

A huge key in marriage is to gain the trust of your husband.  This is accomplished by doing what you say you will do.  Be a woman of your word!  Follow through on home tasks - especially the areas you dislike.  For example: laundry or keeping the bills organized.  Become an expert at it!  Go the extra mile, especially in the areas you are inclined to ignor or put on the back burner.  Quite honestly, your husband shouldn't have to worry about if you went over budget this month.  Learn how to be wise shopper; a frugal spender.  If you have a household budget - stick to it!  Earn your husbands trust.  Don't be the cause of his stress! 

Let's take it one step further - remember what I said at the top of this post?  Marriage is a partnership.  In order for any partnership to work each person has to do their part - and do it well!  Right now the Olypmics are in full swing.  I am completely amazed by the Ice Dancing!  In the sport of Ice Dance you must be connected to your partner throughout the entire performance, except for a few moments where you are separted to show off foot work and spinning elements.  Other than that, you are literally dancing across the ice, connected to your partner the entire time.  There has to be a full trust and confidence in each skater for the partnership to work.  Can you imagine if the female ice dancer decided to skate off, away from her partner and do her own thing?  It would completely ruin the performance and surely disappoint her partner! 

There are many distractions that come about in daily life...trust me...I know!  However in marriage - a partnership, we don't have the liberty to go off and do our own thing.  There is a training involved, just as with ice dancing, to become an expert.  It's called discipline - day in and day out! 

Become trustworthy!  It's worth it.

I leave you today with this reminder from Proverbs 31:28-29: "Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: many daughters have done well, but you excell them all."

Trustworthy,
Lydia