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The last weeks have been very different for me I have always been free to go and do most anything I deemed necessary ,that all changed in the last 9 months due to a detour in a very predictable road of life.
Many of us have used the term my way or the hiway I have been experiencing the hiway part of life ,I can tell you the my way was in my eyes a lot more pleasing but the hiway has taught me muce more than my way.
If I were to tell you it has been all good my words would only be to make myself better than I am so it is my intent to tell the truth the bible tells us the truth sets us free and I dont want to be a slavet to man or circumstances so here it is.
My wife of 50 plus years and the most faithful and loving person you could imagine was suddenly the victim of a very serious health issue one that was not supposed to happen but never the less it did and she is the one feeling all the pain and suffering but as Paul Harvey says there s more I am the first to tell you she has endured more pain and hospital time than any would want but there is more.
I have been given the chance to prove my love for her not by buying her expensive gifts going on great vacations or any of the things that prove love through money,my gift has been in knowing She has been and will be taken care of in the same way God has taken care of me ,through serving her in any way she needs.
I have become Mr. mom and that is a role that I never saw in my manly job description but as sure as you were born right there in the fine print it reads like this husbands love your wife like Christ loves the Church ,I in no way want to imply this is a bad thing for me only that I only read the parts I liked and now are you ready The Rest of The Story.
The days of saying I am going to do this or go here or there on a whin are now not in my vocabulary ,this was my wife way of life for many years I dont mean to say I was abusive but I could rate 100% on inconsiderate .
Serving is a lot easier spoken than done it is my prayer that God will allow me to be a quick learner and Judy will be blessed buy my perceived incovenience when God only calls it a learning time ,I have come to cherish thos times past and how much and for so long Judy spoiled me you see she is a true servant and I needed to know how to be one also.
I need to get this posted Judy needs some attention and I have some washing to put in the dryer, a real husbands work is never done but always necessary in order to have a good marriage.
I am loving my wife like Christ loves the Church,
Bill Beck
M.R.O.A. Chaplain