Hi Husbands!

You are such an essential part of God’s Kingdom ‘just’ by being a godly husband! (All other husbands can’t compare to you! You are equipped with glory!)

I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

This is in John 17:22-23  In these holy Scriptures Jesus is praying for His disciples (the time season doesn’t matter here.) And those of you men in Christ are His disciples!

As I write this, yesterday (September 27, 2023) Duane went to throw a bag of Spanish dipping chips outside to the crows specifically (the squirrels love them too!) I happened to be right near the window and I saw those chips shoot straight up into the air! Of course, they are very light and the wind caught them!! But it was hilarious because it looked so very funny: and, I got to tease Duane!

Selah.

I only tease him in a teasing way; never with a hidden sarcasm like his mean-spirited oldest sister… So, naturally, when he came in I just had to say, “You throw like a girl!”  And: without hesitation I told him I was kidding and I know whey the chips went up – straight up – into the air! It was fun!

THE LESSON?
Hubbies: appreciate your wives sense of humor and learn to discern a true joke versus sarcasm. And: – you will love this – tell her when you don’t think something is funny – or – when you think she’s being mean. She needs that! (Hopefully she is never purposefully mean-spirited like Duane’s sister. Me, I’d deal with her but we don’t speak. Her fault.)

Romans 16:17
I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eyes on those who cause dissensions and create obstacles or introduce temptations [for others] to commit sin, [acting in ways] contrary to the doctrine which you have learned. Turn away from them.

Here are some of my greatest gifts for you: sharing the Scriptures!!

John 17:20-26
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,  that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me.  I have made you^[e] known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”