30 day husband challenge
Recently, a good friend of mine challenged me to read through Stormie Omartian’s book, (The Power of a Praying Wife) and pray for our husbands for 30 days. I heartily accepted – not because our marriage is struggling or because he is a bad husband, (because actually we were doing well, and he is a good husband!), but because I trust my friend deeply and when she makes a suggestion like that, I know the results are going to be good. Well, i had no idea HOW good things were going to turn out. The book is a beautiful, sincere, and completely Word-based set of ideas and prayers. A lot of benefits came from doing this challenge and the Lord blessed our marriage more than I expected. Each day, as I was reading and praying for him, my heart for him grew specifically toward each subject I was considering that day. I feel much more tenderhearted toward him than I really ever have before, simply by praying for him over very specific areas in his life. I noticed significant changes in his attitude, behavior, relationship to me, and just general happiness! In 30 days, I feel that our relationship quite suddenly became unbreakable. I know this is a fairly general post about the subject where in actuality, very direct changes happened, but I just wanted to share that there IS power in praying for your husband. I witnessed it. I”m not sure why God set it up this way; that there be any power in prayer at all, but He did, and I can’t deny that it’s true.
Currently reading The Power of a Praying Parent. love.
Failures and Photography
There are times in my life where I feel like a near-complete failure. It seems that everything I want to do desperately is doomed to fail
before I even begin, and I know it will most likely not succeed, making failure almost guaranteed. In many cases, it feels like I even sabotage
my own goals for some unknown, sinister reason… like I’m fighting with myself and have a power struggle with my own goals. The devil’s on the
left shoulder and the angel on the right.
I’m tired of the left shoulder winning out.
There are many areas of life where failure continues to prevail, despite consistently new plans of hopeful success.
Why? Is my self control so lacking that I don’t even have a hope, or evidently a prayer, of fulfillment? I’m waiting for God’s strength to
shine in my many many weaknesses, but I’ve been waiting for a long time. I’m not sure what more I can do than ask for help, but when I feel
alone still, the act of even asking has become another fail. I don’t like having to guess whether or not my heart is in the right place. I am
just doing the best I can.
I do see success in other areas, however: photography, music, business, relationships… God’s hand is abundantly evident in these successes. I could never take credit for the rapid progress and fulfillment there. I’m just ready to be shown how a weakness can become a strength. ….ready when You are, I suppose. I’ll be here, failing in the meantime.
Aria, Summer, and Psalm 37:4
I have started taking an interest in videography. This is my third video and I’m just having SO much fun. Check it out on YouTube:
