best friends

is your husband your best friend? do you look foward to spending your time with him when he is home from work? or does hubby get whats left over at the end of the day? these can be very hard questions to answer. at the end of a long day caring for many children, schooling them, taking care of the house, running errands....we can feel drained and see our husband as another chore or thing to be taken care of. i know, i have been there.

but thats certainly not what God has in mind for our marriages. ephesians 5:22-33 is the perfect example of what God designed marriage to be. we should love our husbands all the time, not just when they are pleasing to us. love is an action not a feeling. we need to show our love. we need to show our respect. men are different than women. they need to be respected. this is love to them. by showing how much you apreciate their hard work, their leadership, their efforts you show them how much you love them.

most important is time. do we give our husbands our time? or do they come after the kids, the girlfriends, the church activities, the me time?

i love knowing that my husband is getting close to home. i anticipate it. i get excited. and i would rather be with him than anyone else. he is truelly my best friend. i enjoy his company. i enjoy working along side of him around the house. simple things like cooking dinner together can bring such closeness. taking walks with the kids is always a nice thing to do. the kids can ride ahead and give us some moments to talk and hold hands. find the joy in the little moments. when you do even going to the grocery store can be a great experience :)