As wives, we have immeasurable power in the lives of our husbands. Just like we need love, our husbands need respect and to know we believe in them. God created men with a need to have respect from their mate. In that respect, they also need our affirmation. Men need to know that they are adequate, that they are enough and that they are worthy of our respect. We need to tell them how much we appreciate them.
Each time you give your husband a loving word of affirmation, you are valuing him. He will feel treasured, adored and he will thrive. But something even more amazing happens – when you verbally appreciate your spouse with sincerity, his value goes up in your eyes, too. You see him the way you are describing him and he becomes more and more valuable to you. It is a win-win situation. With more words of affirmation, love grows. Um, hello smokin’ hot marriage! When his woman is behind him, he will be able to take on the world.
Let’s help him take on the world today girls…
♥ Thank you for loving me.
Love this! So, so true. We need to focus on building our husbands up & encouraging them. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing. While it's easy for me to start reading something like this and get defensive it really drives home an important lesson. I often forget that my husband faces the same discouragement out in the world as I do. Maybe not in the same form but damaging nonetheless. Who better to build him up than the woman I want him running to, me. Why should he get any less from me than what I expect of him.
Great read…coming from a divorcee, I realize these are things I didnt always take part in during my previous marriage. Now that I have this amazing new man in my life, I realize that he needs all my attention and focus. I never go a day without telling those I love just most how much I love and need them and he is right at the top of my list.
What a great post! I am not married yet, but I will definitely tuck this little bit of wisdom away for my future husband. It think this principle is important in all of our relationships: friends, parents, children. Let those people in your life know how much they are loved and appreciated. We never know how long we will get to have them in our lives.
YES!! And it is so important for us to not get caught up in the "well what has he done for me lately" trap that silences our praise. Men have as many or more burdens on them from the world as we do; a great christian book that opened my eyes to this was For Women Only by Shanti Feldhahn.