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Are any of you like me. Wake up all during the night. Get up, go back to bed, Get up , go back to bed. Sometimes I wonder if my mind will ever shut off. Like now it’s 4am and I”m up and ready to go as if the sun is shining and the birds are singing. ( neither are happening) I’ve gotten where I get out my bible and read in hopes of calming my heart. I just know that God has a word for me??? The thing that he has been showing me lately is about relationships. Those that enrich your life. I talked about basement people and attic people awhile back and I think the two go hand in hand. Do you have a relationship with anyone that is broken. Has a relationship that you have sent you to the basement lately?? It can send your heart into a tailspin. At least it does mine. Jesus was all about relationships. He enriched the lives of those he came in contact with. Why is it that those who are the closest to you seem to be the very ones to hurt you and do we do that to them as well??? Maybe not consciously. We should ask ourselves, “what are we doing to enrich the lives of those we have relationships with.” Everyone is so busy doing ‘Their” thing that they don’t have time for others these days. Its really sad to me. Being SO busy that you don’t have time for others is simply the devils workshop. He loves it when you can’t be Christ like. Call someone today that you haven’t talked to in awhile, send a written note to someone you haven’t written to in awhile. DON”T email… anyone can do that. Go the extra mile. REACH OUT…. Have a great weekend.

I love sayings and quotes and a friend of mine sent me this one this week. It just sorta got me, right in the heart. I wasn’t sure what to think of it at first… I had to step back and read it again. Then I thought… HUM…. what does the devil think of me. Is he scared of me, does he know that i’m out fighting against him, would he say, “oh no, she’s up.” What are you doing today that would scare the Devil. Think about it.

I am reading a book right now called, “The Power of a Woman’s Words”… I picked it up one day just at random in the Lifeway store. For some reason it just sorta jumped off the shelf at me. I must admit that my husband will say to me, ” you just don’t hear how you talk to me.” My first thought is always, “what do you mean, I love you, I don’t talk to you in any bad way.” BUT DO I. As I began to read this book and what God has to say about our words , my heart was crushed. then touched. If we only realized just what our words truly do to our men.

* Words can break a Man
* Words can Debilitate a Man
* Words can Make a Man
* Words can Motivate a Man
* Words can Captivate a Man

The book of Porverbs has much to say about wives and words:

* Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion (prov. 11:22)
* A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping (prov. 19:13)
* Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife (prov. 21:19)

Are you living in a desert and don’t know it. Is your husband living in a desert and looking for an oasis???

Now read Proverbs 31: 10-12,23,28-29

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life….Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land…..Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her; “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all”

We always say, “who in this world could be the Proverbs 31 woman??” I actually think with God’s help it could be quite easy.

Here are some things we might say to our Husbands:

I told you so
What’s wrong with you
I can’t do anything to please you
All you care about is yourself
That was stupid
You never help me around the house
If you don’t like it, you know where the door is

Here are some things we should say to our Husbands;

I’ve been thinking about you today
You look handsome today
I love spending time with you
I can always count on you
You are my best friend
Thank you for taking such good care of me

I challenge you today to speak kindness into your husbands’ life .