Day 19 already!

Day 19

Pray that your husband will be patient and a man of peace. Pray that he will not give in to anger, but will allow the Holy Spirit to control his responses. (Rom. 14:19; Ps. 34:14)

Romans 14:19 (King James Version)
19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

Psalm 34:14 (King James Version)
14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

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OK! Soon I'm just going to flat out change this praying thing to "PRAYING FOR MYSELF" because my husband has this stuff down!!

PATIENCE? PEACE!? NOT GIVING IN TO ANGER??!!! HOLY SPIRIT CONTROLED RESPONSES???!?!?! That is what *I* need to work on....

Dan is so mellow and laid back that he seldom gets impatient (he's lived with me for 16 years after all!!), he prefers peace over confrontation (we took this personality test thing once at flagpagetest.com - and he dwells in "Peace Land"! seriously! In his family, he is known as a "peace maker".), and he rarely gets really angry. In fact, I can think of only a handful of times I have seen Dan REALLY angry - and it scared me to death!! Not because I was afraid he was going to be violent, but because I am so not used to seeing him angry that I hardly recognized him.

When we were first married (well, maybe going on 2 years of marriage or so), I did something for about the first time that made Dan very, very angry. I felt so bad that I decided I would sleep in the master bedroom walk-in closet. We had company staying over at the time , and they were staying in our spare bedroom with their kids sleeping in our living room. There was NO WHERE ELSE for me to go hide in our small apartment. I just absolutely felt so unworthy to even share a bed with Dan because I had finally pushed him to being angry, so I took my pillow and got into the closet to sleep there! And you know what!!? Dan took his pillow and crawled right in there with me to make things right again.

I am sure he can use prayer that he will continue to stay on track in these areas - but seriously, he is patient, kind, and just doesn't get angry very often. I won't get into more true confessions about myself - but I'll just say I will definitely include myself in my prayer tonight.

Now, if only this praying thing would hit on some of the "issues" I do have with Dan (he's not perfect, you know!). ;)

Speaking of praying, we are praying for a family in our church who lost their father/grandfather/husband today. Funeral is on Saturday. Please pray for the Moore Family.