Tuesday, April 19, 2016

SOMETIMES A GOOD WIFE HAS A CONTRARY OPINION

I was talking with one of my managers today and for whatever reason, he felt I was being difficult. He eventually got my point, by the way.

He asked what I would do if my daughter was naughty. I told him I'll take time to understand WHY she was acting the way she was and punish her ONLY if I could verify that she was just being naughty. Then he asked how my husband deals with me when I'm being naughty. I'll share my response after my sermon, lol.

I think many men expect their wives to ALWAYS defer to them and never oppose them. I don't think such men are realistic. Sometimes, a woman does not agree with her husband's choices and she feels strongly enough about it to refuse to back down. Sometimes, she's right and sometimes, she's wrong. A good number of men think it's their duty to MAKE her do what they want. The wise husbands take a different approach.

The wise husbands take the matter to the Lord in prayer. They ask God to show them how to address the issue. Sometimes, God will ask them to listen to their wives as He instructed Abraham when Sarah asked him to chase away Hagar and Ishmael. Sometimes, He'll work on the woman's heart and get her to willingly defer to what her husband is asking for.
The people that make the most mistakes in life are the ones that don't think others have anything to offer them.
My manager eventually saw my point but I decided to do what he wanted (just so I can have peace, lol). My response to his question was that whenever I'm stubbornly insisting on my own way, my husband carries my matter to my Maker. I know that because God usually gets on my case. Everywhere I turn, it'll be the topic of discussion till I finally give in, lol.
Enjoy your day.







Sunday, April 10, 2016

NA WHO TAUNTING DON EPP?

I find it troubling when I see people mocking/taunting those married to cheats/philanderers because of their spouses' wickedness... Assuming he/she was aware of the partner's cheating ways, I'm struggling to see how taunting/mocking helps. In street parlance, na who the mocking/taunting don epp?

It's just like mocking/taunting those that voted for APC believing that their situations would CHANGE (improve). Now their situations have truly CHANGED but I can't honestly say it's been for the better. I could ask them what they were expecting from the same crew that, while in PDP, led us to this "quagmire". (For some reason, I still find it hard to believe that Nigeria is as broke as they claim we are. Have the presidential jets that have been taking our president to about 36 countries in less than a year been flying with water?)

I won't ask them, though, because "Na who mocking/taunting don epp? Welcome to another week. God opened Hagar's eyes and she saw a well of water when she and her son had exhausted their supplies. The Lord sustained them in very difficult circumstances. I pray that as we cry to the Lord, He will open our eyes to miraculous opportunities. [If you don't believe in miracles, sorry o. I've seen too many not to believe].

Enjoy your day.