{"id":4781,"date":"2010-12-07T09:12:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T14:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2010-12-07T10:55:42","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T15:55:42","slug":"soap-daily-devotional-submitting-to-my-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/soap-daily-devotional-submitting-to-my-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"SOAP Daily Devotional: Submitting to my husband"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I’m not reading through the Bible in 90 Days<\/a>, I use this reading plan<\/a> to keep me in the Word daily.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you aren’t already following a daily plan, or you are between plans, I hope you’ll consider joining me. Just jump in on today’s date.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today’s Reading: Colossians 1-4
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\nHere’s what I heard today using SOAP<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Scripture: Colossians3:18<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.<\/p>\n

Observation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seek and follow your husband’s guidance.<\/p>\n

Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I like to be in charge of me. Seeking, listening and then following my husband’s guidance is a challenge for me.<\/p>\n

The Lord instructs me to do that, though, and so I must.<\/p>\n

About a year ago I wanted to blog through the Bible in 90 days and invite others to read with me. I thought it would be fun and also helpful to others.<\/p>\n

“Of course this is a good thing,” I thought to myself. “I don’t \u00a0need to check in with my husband. My blog is my hobby and how could encouraging others to read the Bible ever be wrong? And he’s never read the whole \u00a0thing anyway, so he cannot relate. I don’t need his counsel.”<\/p>\n

I am so thankful that I didn’t listen to those thoughts and instead stopped, shared my plans with him and sought his approval before going too far.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bible in 90 Days program has really taken over quite a bit of my life, and takes a lot more of my time than I ever expected. But because we agreed that I should host it the first\u00a0 time and have agreed each time after that, it is not a source of contention in our marriage.<\/p>\n

There was one time I wanted to add an extra session. He disagreed. I didn’t like that. But he was so very right.<\/p>\n

I don’t run every little decision about my life through him. I do try to run most, though.<\/p>\n

I am working so hard to reorganize my time and schedule. I have taken on quite few new projects lately and he and I are working together on a big new project together. As I reorganize, re-prioritize and refocus my efforts, I am talking with him about it, seeking his guidance and listening to him. And our respect for each other has grown.<\/p>\n

No, I don’t like everything he has to say, but I am learning that I need his guidance. And I am learning that seeking and following it is honoring him and my Father.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t know your personal situation.<\/p>\n

I do know that this verse and message has struck me for as long as I have known it. It has been echoing in my head quite a bit louder lately. Finally, as I am growing up, it is striking me as a gift and not a curse. God bound me with my husband. He picked us out for each other. And he joined with me someone to whom I should submit.<\/p>\n

Prayer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lord, thank you so much for my husband. Yes, there are times when he frustrates me and I am unhappy with him. But He is an amazing, loving, kind, level-headed man. As I said on our wedding day, he is your gift to me. Thank you.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for causing me to seek his guidance last year when I wanted to encourage others to read through the Bible in 90 days with me. I am so thankful he supported me and I am so thankful I asked first… neither one of us had any idea what we were in for!<\/p>\n

Please continue to help us as I learn how to submit and as he learns how to guide.\u00a0\u00a0 I love how we are really growing into a team. Thank you.<\/p>\n

Please strengthen all those who read this that they may see just how to apply it to their own lives in the way you intend. Thank you, Lord for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I’m not reading through the Bible in 90 Days, I use this reading plan to keep me in the Word daily. If you aren’t already following a daily plan, or you are between plans, I hope you’ll consider joining me. Just jump in on today’s date. Today’s Reading: Colossians 1-4 Here’s what I heard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4781"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4787,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4781\/revisions\/4787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}