Chapter 8

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of who shall I be afraid?"

Psalm 27:1 (pg. 91)

This was an interesting chapter to read. I hadn't thought a great deal about the fears husbands experience. Some quite different than my own, as often, they are the breadwinner. And, even if they're not, the fears that they have have the power to be all consuming.  Like the "what if's," (pg. 87) which I think is something we all experience at one time or another. I think when the fears really come into play is when we start having kids. Fears of all kinds are always there, but when you have kids and you have little pieces of your heart walking around out there, fears arise. The author says that "Significant things happen in our lives when we don't allow fear to rule the situation." (pg. 88) She says that-

"There is a difference between a fearful thought that comes to mind as a prompting to pray for a particular thing, and a tormenting spirit of fear that paralyzes. You don't want to undermine the promptings of the Holy Spirit to your husband's fear, but you do want to support him as he battles destructive fear." (pgs. 88-89).

We should be praying, everyday "for the comforting, securing, perfect love of the Lord to surround your husband and deliver him from all his fears." (pg. 89).

Wives, this has got to be our prayer for our husbands: "...may Your Word penetrate every fiber of his being, convincing him that Your love for him is far greater than anything he faces and nothing can separate him from it." (pg. 89)

"May the Spirit of the Lord rest upon you, " the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord."'

Isaiah 11:2 (pg. 90)

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