What’s a Wife to Do When a Husband is Hard to Love?
Today I’m answering one of my reader’s questions in a video.
I’m hoping by taking this approach it will alleviate the eye/migraine problems I’ve been having due to spending so much time on the computer for this ministry! 🙂
If you can’t view the video in your reader, click here.
It’s an interesting thing when I realized I couldn’t respond to all of my readers questions due to my health. As a result of this, of course I wondered what God was up to in my life. I know He always has a better plan for our lives…..even if we can’t see it.
So here’s a glimpse into what He’s doing here.
I don’t like to be on camera and I don’t like public speaking. (Most of you already know this.) But what I do like to do is encourage and equip Christian women to live for the Lord. And I do like obeying my Father….even when it doesn’t always feel good!
And today, making this video….well, it didn’t feel good. But in essence, I was forced to do so if I wanted to continue to pour into others for the sake of the Lord. Otherwise, I know if I continue down this path of spending a great amount of time in front of the computer, my health will suffer. So, in a nutshell, in a loving and humorous way, God pushed me out of the boat! 🙂 He wanted me to walk on water to Him as He was sending me to Ninevah; a place where I did not want to go.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” Isaiah 6:8
There will ALWAYS be a time in our Christian journey that God is going to ask us, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
Dear friend, what will your response be?
I’m going to let you in on a little secret….you’ll never regret saying ‘yes’ to God! Not. Ever.
Live a poured out life for Christ,
Photo credit: Vanessa Pike-Russell / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND
I’m linking up with: Time-Warp Wife , To Love, Honor, and Vacuum, Women Living Well, and The Better Mom.
Just wanted to thank you for this post and for Doing the video, I can completely relate to not feeling comfortable with that kind of medium. I have to admit that it gave your response a more personal contact that I think might of helped with addressing these kind of issues. The will is a stubborn thing and a personal plea is much more likely to help us become determined to surrender it to God. Thank you for you time and attention to detail!
Jolene, Thank you for your newest videos. I am such a visual and auditory learner. I like to play your videos in the kitchen while I’m cooking. My boys also enjoy listening to them as it helps me be a better momma! Would you do a few videos on finances? Blessings, Kim
Hi Kim,
Blessed to hear that my videos have helped you! Give me more specifics on what you’d like to see/hear on finances and I’ll let you know if that is something I can cover.
I loved this message! It is applicable to every struggle where we just don’t WANT to do the right thing. Thank you for the reminder that it is about His Will 🙂 It’s great to put a voice to the written posts too.
Thank you. I needed this this morning. I am so tired of feeling hurt almost every single day. I was so discouraged, I just stopped praying about it, altogether. I know God knows my heart, and I am praying now for patience and for a change of heart in my husband. We are less than 5 years from being “empty-nesters”, and I have just recognized his treatment of me for what it is: emotional abuse. I’m praying this morning, because I want to follow the Lord and I want my marriage to last, but I feel like my heart is in a war zone, and I honestly don’t know what will keep us together after our kids move out. I love him. I have loved him for 22 years. That will never change, but I can’t live this way for the rest of my life. The criticism, the jealousy, the judgments, I just can’t take much more. Please pray for strength for both of us, for me to hold on and for him to open his eyes and see what he’s doing. Again, thank you, from the bottom of my heart.