December is a fun month for me. I have my yearly check up at the doctor; I have a birthday and on occasion I have to go to the DPS office to get my driver's license renewed. Oh the lines and the wait at the doctor's office as people are using that last bit of their insurance before the new out-of-pocket money starts over. The line at the DPS office is ridiculous at best. Did you know that it is easier to get married than it is to get a driver's license? However learning to drive by your spouse's advice can be a real challenge.
2 Kings 4:8-36 is an amazing story. I don't think I have ever read through it. It's the biblical account of a miracle at Shunem. I encourage you to read it but here's my point. When new ideas are suggested by your spouse, be sympathetic and interested. (v.9-10) --- [She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.”]
Recently I went to my wife with a complex strategy/plan for our future retirement, kid's college, being empty nester's and just and over all plan to keep us moving forward. And (I should not be surprised but I was) she listened intently and after prayer we have a plan now that our whole family can see and enjoy moving through life.
In the story, the husband listened to his wife and it bared them a son and even after a trial, he listened again and amazing things happened.
Chad O.
