You are so much more than a
housekeeper…
Creating a happy marriage and home starts with the
wife and mother. Because we are the ones who set the
temper of the home! We are the keepers of the home
in more than the mundane domestic dailies of life! I
think a bad attitude like when our husbands are like
grizzly bears is definitely contagious- it is a
thing of spirit and spirit pervades. You know, the
whole house can be full of tension and NOTHING has
even been said- it's just there, like you can cut it
with a knife! And soon after the children will begin
to fight and shout and very soon tension is in the
home.
This promotes sniping at each other and other peace
destroying behaviours….Lack of reverence and respect
for your husband can turn many a teddy bear into a
grizzly bear. Maybe if life has become unbearable
with your husband, you should do a quick check on
these things and if lacking, and attend to them.
That is where a personal quiet time, soaking in the
Word and developing a quiet gentle spirit and
gaining strength comes in. Girding our loins and
strengthening ourselves in the Word can create such
a sweetness and peace in us, that it overflows to
our husbands and to our children. It fills the house
with its sweet perfume and dissipates the tension.
It starts with us doing the tending and setting the
temper. The rewards of doing this will be worth any
challenge or changing we must do. Apart from
pleasing God, it is better to hug a teddy bear
anyday than wrestle with a grizzly bear.
Glenys Robyn Hicks
‘Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
keep watch over the door of my lips.”
Psalm 141:3
