-Proverbs 18:8
In a society rampant with divorce and infidelity, having a wife that is good is a treasure. And for this, I hold my wife dear. I see the Lord’s favor toward me when I consider my wife.
I have known and met so many men who do not have this. My heart breaks for them because I cannot imagine living without the goodness of my wife.
When I was young, I took my wife for granted. All the effort and time I put into obtaining her, but then once I had her, I took her for granted. I thought — “She will be with me all my life.” This thought caused me to often give her second place to all of my other relationships and to my work.
I was a ministry-aholic. This is the temptation of many a good minister — to always put the needs of others before his own family. The Lord had to chastise me and show me how off balance I was.
I began to see my mortality around age 40 and realized all those days of “all my life” were disappearing. I changed my priorities and began to say “no” to other people. I began to put my wife before them. And as I did, I began to truly treasure the goodness of the woman the Lord had given me for a wife.
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