Rough Week

This past Sunday, my father-in-law passed away. He was a great man, he was very sick and it was hard to see him this way; but now we know he suffers no more. It is for this reason we are grateful and also that we who believe in Jesus and have accepted a personal relationship with him will see him again. Anyway it has been tough to see my wife as she has been going through this, as she is "Daddy's girl". There will be tough days ahead as we draw close to two big holiday seasons. One point that I will bring our concerning marriage is that I was able to allow her to be there during her father's illness. Several years ago I would have been demanding and the preverbial selfish jerk and probably made some comment about her needing to be with me and make her feel guilty about seeing her father. Thank the Lord I have grow some in that area. Sometimes I look back at how I have mistreated her and wonder how she has put up with me. I am definately a blessed man to have a wife like I have because she is so forgiving to me. She really is the one responsible for bringing me to my senses along with God of course but she has been patience with me and now I feel like I am on a road to better understanding her and putting her before me in all things. In God's perfect order you know it is GOD, SPOUSE, CHILDREN, FAMILY, OTHERS and then ourself. SOmehow we always seem to get that way out of kilter and flub things up. God has given us all potential and we choose to make it for good or for bad.

Keep Ruth and her family in your prayers and she starts the process of healing from the loss of her father. He truly was a good, caring man of God.