Be a soft place for him to land…

Our men carry things around, and tend not to share unless we pry it out of them…they’re built this way. Built to shoulder heavy burdens all while leading their family and protecting and providing for their household.

I have hectic days that feel overwhelming at times, while I juggle the needs of 5 kids. But then I think of my husband and how he has to be “on his A-game” as a manager all day at work…and then is expected to shift gears as he comes home, to be “on his A-game” to pour into his children and play with them…and then he has to shift gears yet again to be “on his A-game” to pour into me and care for me at the end of a long day when the kids go down…

Sometimes it’s easy to take for granted how much our men do for our households. Because we don’t see them all day while they are at work, it’s easy to disregard the many things they are carrying and people they are trying to please. Don’t. He needs your reassurance that he’s doing a good job. He needs you to lift him up in prayer, that God would keep him encouraged when things get tough at work. He needs gentle, loving words from you, when he comes home after a long day of dealing with combative people at work. He needs you to be a place of soft landing and comfort.

The Bible mentions NUMEROUS times, how awful it is to live with a quarreling, contentious wife. Seek to be gentle, encouraging, peace-making…fight the culture that says serving your husband is “old fashioned”. It’s not. It’s Biblical.

Your role is unlike any other…there is no other person who can pray for your husband with the authority and favor that you can…no other person guys! As his wife, God hears your prayers and honors those prayers for him, above any other person praying for him. So speak life, breathe life…give him a big juicy kiss when he walks through the door today. If he looks weary, ask him how you can help. Be the helpmate God created you to be…it’s an honor

Genesis 2:18

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

Proverbs 18:22

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a corner of a roof

Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.