Here’s a little window into the rest of the morning.
Before:
Pre-Engagement… Behind the Scenes… from C3 Church on Vimeo.
…and after:
Christmas Breakfast from C3 Church on Vimeo.
Peace.
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I guess because of the post I wrote yesterday (”Knowing Him Best“), I dreamed about the movie “Forrest Gump”. Let me explain:
In my dream, I could see Forrest trying to run with his braces on his legs, and I could hear Jenny yelling, “Run, Forrest, run!”. All through the night, my mind kept flashing back to the moment when the braces fell off and Forrest began to run unfettered…like the wind.
This is what love does. This is what a soul mate can do. A woman can give a man the courage and strength to run - to break free of his failures and his past - to run and be strong. And a man can give a woman the shelter she’s never known. He can protect her from the things that haunt her…bulldozing the bad places and keeping her safe.
I don’t know why I dreamed of “Forrest Gump” - I wouldn’t have put it at the top of my list of romantic movies…
…but I guess it really is - it is a love story….
…and, you know, love wins! 
Have a happy Wednesday!
Keep on running!
Peace.
So, last week this was on mind mind. Today I’ve been thinking about another important (as I see it) part of marriage…
As a mother, I pride myself in knowing my children. I feel like I know them better than anyone else…maybe even better than they know themselves - especially when they’re young. But, as they grow, I realize the day will come when there will be another who will know them like no one else: the one they will share their life with…their soul mate.
Now, as a wife, I take the same pride in knowing my husband better than anyone else does. It should be one of my top priorities.
There should be no one - no woman at work, friend from childhood, or even family member - that knows him, really knows him…down deep, the way that I know him.
I need to know him - inside and out - what really makes him tick…his dreams, his fears, his strongest strengths and weakest weaknesses….
…there should be no one else who can be to him what I can be - because I know him like no one else on earth.
But, this process takes time. It also takes a whole lot of effort and trust. He must feel safe that he can be real with me - with no harsh criticism or fear of my using his transparency against him. It’s hard to “know him” if I don’t put him first.
So, try something a little different tonight - we, as women, have a whole lot of words…way more than men have - let’s try to use those words to: ask questions, listen to his answers, speak encouragingly, praise…praise…praise, and make him know that he can do and be anything he puts his mind to.
Women love to change men - we’re wired to want to do this. But, most men don’t want to be changed - they just want to be the best they can be - and love, encouragement, and support are how they get there.
We have so much power, as women…so much influence - God has gifted us with this. We just need to know how to use it to empower the men in our lives.
After all, if I don’t know my soul mate….who will?
Peace.
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