I don't spend nearly enough time bragging on my hubby. This week God used my hubby to teach me an important message and now I want to share it with you.
This past Tuesday, hubby pulled a "Joseph" moment. Meaning that he taught me a valuable lesson without saying a word. I once heard a sermon about Joseph. As in Mary and Joseph and that even though Joseph doesn't say anything that is recorded in scripture, his actions speak volumes. I had never noticed it until Dr. David Barker from Heritage College and Seminary. He gave a message about Joseph and how his actions spoke volumes. In Matthew 1:18-25, we read about Joseph learning about Mary being pregnant with Jesus and his thoughts about how to deal with the situation. Verse 19 tells us that he was a kind, loving, God-fearing, righteous man. He didn't want to cause Mary any undue harm or embarrassment. He thought about quietly divorcing her. The Lord came to Joseph in a dream and told him not to worry about Mary and that everything would be fine and he was to go through with their marriage. Joseph listened to and obeyed The Lord and took Mary as his wife. It was an awesome message that refreshed that passage of scripture and gave me a new perspective on Joseph.
Okay, back to hubby. On Tuesday this past week, my hubby taught me about his afternoon schedule/routine and how much better it works than mine. (my words, not his) I have known his afternoon routine for a long time but never realized how beneficial it is. Hubby comes home from work, relaxes for a bit, then comes and picks me up, relaxes for a bit more and then works on his homework for his English course. He is upgrading his grade 11 and 12 University high school English classes to attend Brock University for Video game design.
My routine consists of getting home from work, walking Blessing as soon as possible, followed by making supper, then showering and hopefully having enough energy to enjoy an hour to myself at the end before going to bed. The relaxing part doesn't usually work very well. I'm usually too tired to enjoy that little bit of downtime.
So, after picking me up from work on Tuesday, hubby wanted to talk about an old hobby he wanted to get back into. We ended up talking in his office for a bit about his hobby. By this point in my day, I'm tired from work and questioning if I have the energy to walk Blessing, which makes me feel like a terrible human being. Before he finished talking, I sat down on the floor of his office (not going to sit on any furniture until after I had changed out of work clothing and showered). After he finished talking, I lay down on the floor. Feeling rather low, both figuratively and literally. I started to doze off. A few minutes later, I woke up and decided to get up and take a bath, instead of walking Blessing next. I then thought about hubby's routine and how relaxing after work for a bit before getting other work done was a good idea. He has never spoken a word about his routine being better than mine or compared them in any way. But as I was walking out of his office, Holy Spirit told me that hubby was having a "Joseph" moment and was teaching/speaking with his actions without knowing it.
He was teaching me to relax after work for a little while before continuing with home life chores, such as walking Blessing or making supper. So I tried it out. I took a nice hot bath, then typed up my last blog post and set a mental timer for when my relaxation time was over to make supper. Supper that night was just a matter of warming up leftovers. So when supper time came around, I warmed it up, and we ate. Then I relaxed again for a bit afterwards. I then decided what time I would walk Blessing and did so accordingly. By bedtime, everything was taken care of, and I felt satisfied.
It is now Saturday night, and I have worked on practicing this new routine for the last week. I figured on laundry days and grocery days that I would ignore the shower and relax time after work and just power through those activities to get them done. But once I hit those days I realized that I wanted/needed to shower and relax all the more before doing those chores. I have come to enjoy taking a shower again and feel refreshed again. For a long time, I haven't cared so much about getting a shower. Yes, I bathe every day, but I don't race home to get it done. It's simply an item on a to-do list at the end of the day. Now as I get cleaned up I feel relaxed and refreshed and ready for a little bit of downtime before completing the tasks that every other adult on the planet takes care of after work every day. I'm still working out the kinks to make this new routine a reality (mainly mental hiccups). But Rome wasn't built in a day.
The moral of the story. Is that my hubby is a brilliant man who continues to teach me and helps lead me back to Jesus when I get sidetracked. Every day, I am thankful that God gave me this man as my husband.
I pray this post blesses, encourages, and maybe even makes you take inventory of your routines and patterns and see if you should make adjustments too.
I hope you have a chance to enjoy the beautiful sunny day that God has given us today, friend.
God Bless
~Hannah
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