Dear Ones, Hope you have a blessed day. Today I have an appointment with the wound specialist as I think my progress is being checked. Then Al and I have haircuts and crafts and later go to Mark and Andrea’s for pie, games, and family fun!
Devotions from Judy’s heart,
Today’s devotional is rather personal, but I am trying to be real with you as to all I am learning during this time of transition. The Lord is teaching me lessons, and one that is rather hard for me is to receive and let myself be waited on. It has been frustrating, especially for Al, when I try to do things myself that he offered to do for me. But it goes deeper.

When I was having my devotions reading in Ephesians, I came to a familiar portion that I have even taught on many times in chapter five. “Wives submit to your own husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is head of the church, His body and is Himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.” My heart was convicted, for I can see where I have not been submissive and as anyone knows, you can’t have two heads. Normally in our married life, Al takes care of the outdoor things of lawn and trees, etc. and I do the indoor cooking, cleaning, etc. Only now he doesn’t have outdoor work and until my leg heals, it is harder to be on it very long to do the indoor tasks. So Al offers to do things he has never done before and I tell him, I will do it. You can see the scenario, I’m sure. But in my heart, I was not submitting to him and letting him be in the place God has put him. When I was reading in Ephesians, it really hit me and I made my confession to the Lord, but then to Al and asked forgiveness. I was not in my rightful place and did not leave room for Al to be in his place.

It also says in the chapter, “However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see she respects her husband.” When each of us is doing our part and what God is asking of us, life is full and rich and wonderful. But when we fail to be in the place God has put us, it makes life complicated and frustrating. I am relearning what I learned years ago, and there is forgiveness. I woke with the song playing in my mind: “Change my heart, O Lord make it ever true, change my heart O Lord may I be like you.”

Challenge for today: Ask the Lord to show you any area in your life that needs attention and then surrender to Him.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy