The Little Black Book

[toughlover]

My favorite prayer for people in our sitch's comes from 2 Thessalonians 3:5 where Paul writes:

"May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance."

I pray this for myself and my W every day. In many ways this has turned out very well for me as I've begun focusing more of my energy, time, and attention on my relationship with God, and serving others, than I have on myself or my W. So most of the DB principles have been realized as a by-product of pursuing my faith. In turn, the time I'm spending with my wife now is almost (I ain't perfect, just forgiven!) always positive. It has taken me two months just to get to this point. The first two weeks, I was a wreck. The 4 weeks after that, I backslid every couple days into cheeseless tunnels.

I have noticed that whenever I start feeling anxious about my W, if I pray as Paul instructs in Philippians 4, I do receive the peace I need...just a calmness that allows me to be rational and constructive.

I don't have all I want from her; I do have what I need from God, myself, and my kids, and that has to be enough. I don't like it, but I can do it, and I know you can, too.

Heck, we all CAN. Whether we WILL or not is our choice.