Remember the days when your husband would come home from wok and the first thing you did was kiss him and ask how his day went? You'd sit on the couch and talk about the events of your day, maybe go out for an early movie then dinner. Afterward you'd come home and stay up late watching your favorite show or just enjoying each other's company talking under the covers of your nice clean bed?
I remember those days...
You would spend your weekends going on spontaneous trips to the beach, riding dirt bikes in the mountains, or even just staying in bed all day in your jammies.
Our favorite thing was wearing matching pajama pants and eating a Saturday morning breakfast at Ihop..those were the days I didn't have a care in the world what other people thought because all I cared about was my husband's approval.
Remember the days when you were silly all the time? It was you and your spouse against the world. Life together was new, exciting, and always fun.
I remember..
When Zach and I began talking about having kids, I remember our family telling us how hard it is. How life would soon revolve around this tiny, bald, pooping being. Outings would be planned around nap schedules and feedings, money would be spent on diapers instead of movie nights, dates would be non-existent. But I knew that stuff..I thought.
But the biggest change of all would not be losing sleep, or changing diapers. The biggest change would be finding how to be "husband and wife" when you are consumed in the role of "mommy and daddy"
Looking back on the first year of my firstborn's life, I remember so much of taking care of this tiny, helpless, beautiful creation God had given me. I remember the mid-night feedings, trying new foods, rolling over, siting, walking, talking. My life was ALL consumed with my baby boy.
I think I lost track of the most important earthly relationship God had given me...My spouse. Yes, loving my baby and being mommy was very, VERY important but God never intended that I reject my role as Wife. Children will grow, move out, and marry one day, but then you are left with your spouse. Don't let your role as mommy daddy ever take over your role as husband and wife.
Don't get me wrong, I love my children with all my heart and soul but God commands me to be one with my husband: "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh." Ephesians 5: 31.
As for Zach and I, I think we make a much better mommy and daddy when we are working on being a great husband and wife!
Do you Find yourself caught up in the role of mommy that you forget you are first a wife?
I remember those days...
You would spend your weekends going on spontaneous trips to the beach, riding dirt bikes in the mountains, or even just staying in bed all day in your jammies.
Our favorite thing was wearing matching pajama pants and eating a Saturday morning breakfast at Ihop..those were the days I didn't have a care in the world what other people thought because all I cared about was my husband's approval.
Remember the days when you were silly all the time? It was you and your spouse against the world. Life together was new, exciting, and always fun.
I remember..
When Zach and I began talking about having kids, I remember our family telling us how hard it is. How life would soon revolve around this tiny, bald, pooping being. Outings would be planned around nap schedules and feedings, money would be spent on diapers instead of movie nights, dates would be non-existent. But I knew that stuff..I thought.
But the biggest change of all would not be losing sleep, or changing diapers. The biggest change would be finding how to be "husband and wife" when you are consumed in the role of "mommy and daddy"
Looking back on the first year of my firstborn's life, I remember so much of taking care of this tiny, helpless, beautiful creation God had given me. I remember the mid-night feedings, trying new foods, rolling over, siting, walking, talking. My life was ALL consumed with my baby boy.
I think I lost track of the most important earthly relationship God had given me...My spouse. Yes, loving my baby and being mommy was very, VERY important but God never intended that I reject my role as Wife. Children will grow, move out, and marry one day, but then you are left with your spouse. Don't let your role as mommy daddy ever take over your role as husband and wife.
Don't get me wrong, I love my children with all my heart and soul but God commands me to be one with my husband: "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh." Ephesians 5: 31.
As for Zach and I, I think we make a much better mommy and daddy when we are working on being a great husband and wife!
Do you Find yourself caught up in the role of mommy that you forget you are first a wife?