Recently I was invited to a wedding shower but unfortunately I was not able to attend. The hostess lovingly sent me the devotional that was given to the bride and those attending. I was was struck by the topic and the wording she used so I contacted her to see if she would mind my writing up what she wrote and happily she said yes.
Her top was "words." We're all personally familiar with words. Most of us come by them easily, use them often, and being that we're of the feminine gender; we have many words to share with anyone who will be kind enough to listen.
Scripture has much to teach about words. In Proverbs 15:1 God says, "gentle words turn away wrath." Also the Lord tells us that "the tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable. In Proverbs 4 we also read that a "soothing tongue is a tree of life." Proverbs 16:24 "Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." A beautiful picture!
It is awesome to think that God has given us, His children, a secret potion that can bring comfort, soothing, and healing to the soul of another human being. And then taking that gift of words one step further, as wives and help-meets, we can offer a sweet blessing to our husband through the words that come carefully and wisely from our mouths.
I think it's utterly interesting that God saw fit to equip women with an extra mean sure of words. I think I've head that we females naturally have something like 2/3 more words zipping around our hearts and minds than our men have. I know that's true in my family! How kind of God to liberally give us the words that have the power to sweetly sooth and heal the soul of our husband.
As life bring its ups and downs, as it does for everyone, you have an amazing secret potion capable of delivering God's comfort to your husband when he's feeling discouraged or just less than triumphant. He ears and heart will be inclined to you and your comforting words more than to anyone else. It's really such a beautiful thing how God melts a couple together through the stresses and joys of life. The framework of that melting together deals often with words, Your tender well-chosen words and the daily words of your Savior in the scriptures.
It is my prayer that God in His faithfulness will abundantly give both of you sweet, comforting word for each other. May the Lord bless your marriage.
How are you doing with your words? I know I have some work to do in this area. "May the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart be acceptable in thy sight oh Lord my strength and my redeemer!"