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Wiser and Happier: Special Military Edition from Time of GraceSample

Wiser and Happier: Special Military Edition from Time of Grace

DAY 29 OF 37

Happily Ever After: God’s gift

Happy is the man who has learned to say, “I married above myself.” I have heard this dozens of times from fellow pastors, who give huge credit to their wives for taking them through “finishing school.”

Marriage is far more beneficial than just helping men find a way to express sexuality without sin. Wives help males understand the way the other 50% of the world thinks. Wives bring grace and beauty, fragrance and flowers into life. Wives bring intuition and sensitivity, attention to relationships, and heart emotion. It is to women that human reproduction has been granted, and only through them can babies be born into a lonely home.

The only way Adam could get his missing rib back was to be married. He was excited to meet Eve. Adam’s sons still thrill to be given one of Eve’s daughters. “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD” (Proverbs 18:22).

There used to be a saying in the Marine Corps: “If the corps had wanted you to have a wife, it would have issued you one.” That sentiment is long gone, as all branches of service now realize how important it is for our fighting men and women to have stable home lives and healthy relationships.

Husbands, are you listening? Say it with me: “Thank you, Lord, for your gift of my wife.” And if you’ve been putting off e-mailing her because you’ve been busy or you don’t know quite what to say, stop reading and e-mail her now. She needs to know two things: you’re okay, and you still love her.

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Wiser and Happier: Special Military Edition from Time of Grace

The experience of serving your country overseas--and sometimes seeing firsthand man’s inhumanity to man--may teach you important lessons about life while turning your stomach at the same time. But recognize that God has an even better way for us to learn life wisdom, a way that continually draws us closer to him no matter how far from family or church we might be. Because of his great love for us, he would much rather make us wiser through words. In this way we wouldn’t be sadder but wiser; we would be wiser and happier. The Bible’s book of Proverbs is an absolute gold mine of wisdom for the daily decisions you must make. It will help you develop your personal values and tune your life’s agenda more closely to resemble God’s.

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We would like to thank Time of Grace Ministry for providing this plan. For more information, please visit: www.timeofgrace.org