Wifey Wednesday!!



It is Christ who lives in me that does the work!

Hello ladies, today is Wifey Wednesday and I wanted to post something today to encourage women to love their husbands, their children, and the life that God has given them. While thinking on what to post God gave me a revelation: I cannot love my husband, I am not capable of loving my children, I am not a good wife, or a good mother. I am foolish and unwise. It is Christ who lives in me that loves these people and performs these tasks. It is only in Christ will my husband be admired, respected, loved, and cherished. If we do not have Christ then we do not have anything, and we will find that loving our husbands and children is an impossible thing to do on a consistent basis. Sure we can show some outward sign that we love them, sure we can give hugs,etc... but when any of those things are done in our own strength we will find that we cannot bear to do it under strenuous circumstances. It's hard to love or be kind to a husband who has cheated on you, it is hard to love or be kind to children who are disobedient to you. This is why we must allow Christ to live His life out of us. We must allow Him to love those whom we cannot. We have to realize that it is Christ who will love our husbands the way they are supposed to be loved. I cannot depend on myself for one moment to accomplish this, the minute I do, that is the minute I will fail. Sure it is easy to say all of this, but how do we apply this? How do I let Christ live?

We let Christ live by looking up to Him and saying" Lord, I am sorry for having lived my own way and in my own strength for all this time. I am foolish and I need you to live your life out of me. Lord be whatever I need today. You love my husband, my children, and any person that I may encounter today. Lord YOU LIVE!! Amen!

It is that simple. It is just allowing Christ to do what He desires to do. Christ didn't come to make us more loving, more patient, a better person. Christ came so that He can live this life for us! It is He who desires to live for you, so why don't you let him? Allow him to live His life through you and you will see that all the things you struggle with now, will no longer be a struggle. You won't have to fight anymore, you can just breathe easy and know that everything you need is taken care of. What a wonderful life this is wives!! We can truly love, be patient, kind, and generous to everyone we encounter, because it is no longer we who live, but Christ! (Galatians 2:20)

So the word for Wifey Wednesday is for us to remember that we have been crucified with Christ and that we no longer live, but He lives in us. And because He lives in us we can love our husbands and our children perfectly!

Be encouraged and look to Christ to be all that you need! Amen!