Confidence
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For Your Husband
“Good morning my sister in the Lord,
how are you today?” One woman asks
another who responds, “I am blessed
and highly favoured and waiting for
my husband.” Interesting answer
right? Waiting involves being patient
and according to the Oxford Online
Dictionary, patience is the capacity to
accept or tolerate delay, problem or
suffering without becoming annoyed or
anxious. It also denotes being able to
stay where one is or to delay action until
a particular time. The other meaning to
waiting comes from the word waiter,
or server. Isaiah 40 says, “They that
wait upon the Lord, shall renew their
strength. They shall mount up with
wings as eagles, they shall run and not
be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
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So, how is waiting going to renew one’s
strength? Note, the Scripture says, they
shall run and they shall walk which
implies preparation while we wait.
First, Do A Self Check
Ladies, I want to suggest that you
emulate Queen Esther in preparation for
your expected husband. Please take the
time to know yourselves, to purge and to
perfume your spirits while you wait for
your King Ahasuerus to identify you. Be
introspective, ask yourself:
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Who really am I?
What do I like/dislike?
What is my personality type?
Would I like me, if I met me?
What are my expectations of a
husband?
Are you a pessimist and a complainer,
failing to see good in anything, expecting
that your husband will make you happy?
Proverbs 17:22 NKJV, speaks, “A merry
heart does good, like medicine but a
broken spirit dries the bones.” This
kind of spirit wearies out a spouse and
can cause sickness both physically and
spiritually to yourself and others around
you. However, the individual who is of
a ‘merry countenance’, attracts others to
them and can transform the atmosphere.
Men like to be around people who make
them feel good about themselves, so if
you are not able to lift your own spirit
then chances are you will not be able to
lift his either.