GOD IS IN THE FIRES WITH US!!!

Let me tell ya!  Last night, hubby brought up an issue again where he feels I did something very awful (which I didn’t), and I’ve been just ignoring him, forgiving him, and doing my best to stay on the high road with God. This has been going on for months, but at that time he brought it up yesterday, I felt I should address it, once and for all. I asked him what would make him think I would do such a terrible thing in the last nineteen years of our relationship. I said this wife who has been with you, stuck with you, supported you, been by your side through all the difficulties and challenges that come our way, your ride or die chick, why would you keep saying and thinking such a thing about me.

At that point, Joshie, our ten-year-old son, comes in, and we started discussing it with him. I said to both of them that I was so happy that these things were said because it taught me not to look to other humans for my approval because you could be your best, and that best may never be good enough for other people. I looked up the Mother Teresa poem, ‘Do Good Anyway’ and had Joshie to read just first and last parts, explaining that this is the basis for my decision making:

“People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;

Forgive them anyway…

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;

Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;

It was never between you and them anyway.”

I said, “Joshie, I will continue to be the best wife to your dad because everything is between God and me. My reward is with Him!”

Fast forward to this morning, I asked my son Emmie to have an appointment with God with me. Instead of our usual devotional for kids, I said let’s read my book. I asked him to pick a number, and astonishingly he picked post number 352 of 366 posts, where I wrote this:

“Be the best spouse you can be. In the final analysis, it’s between you and God. (Wink! Wink!) Marriage is our important work from and for Him! Let’s teach future generations to fight for their families, too!”

Of all the 366 days in my devotional, for Emmie to pick this specific one was all God saying, ‘Nik, I’m here with you! Let’s keep fighting TOGETHER.’ It was even good for me and hubs to hash out this issue. We woke up even more committed to each other, both reminded that we have the best spouse in the world (HUGE SMILE).

No coincidence Emmie picked this post of all the ones in my big book. It was all God letting us know that He is in the fires with us, He is in the storms with us! Let’s keep our eyes FIXED on Him being the people He would have us to be.

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