The Steps of a Good Man are Ordered by the Lord

Is he a good man? Is he not a good man?

The questions that plague the mind of a wife who has seen the best in her husband, yet has also had a run with the worst.

|| 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 one has 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 "𝙄 𝙙𝙤" until "𝙣𝙤𝙬."

Sometimes, you may ask yourself, "why has he changed so much?" or say "this isn't the man I fell in love with."

The idea of perfection that surrounds marriage is something that consumes most before the wedding, and once the marriage is finalized, the shock of reality hits like a ton of bricks.

My husband was never perfect and neither was yours. We saw the best in them because that "is" the best of them.

No husband is perfect - and as a human being, they will: • 𝙀𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 • 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 • 𝙃𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 • 𝙉𝙚𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 • 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 • 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨

But that doesn't take away the good that resides in them.

In all fairness, the things listed above could be said about you and me.

I don't know about you, but when I've failed at being #theeloquentwife, I want a little grace. I don't want to be kicked when I'm already down.

The Bible says that a just (righteous) man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: || Proverbs 24:16

If the Lord, being Holy and Righteous is rooting for our husbands and giving them strength and courage to not stay down when they've fallen, but to keep pressing to be better today than yesterday - shouldn't we do the same in return?

• Marriage requires lots of love, grace, forgiveness, and long-suffering. You can't change the unpleasant ways of your spouse, but you can always stand in the gap and go to God in prayer concerning him.

Love covers a multitude of sins. || 1 Peter 4:8