After all the hubbub of the holidays, take some time out and have a "lazy day" with your husband. Read the newspaper in bed, rent and watch a movie, play your favorite board game ... whatever helps you both relax and enjoy each others company.
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. Sir John Lubbock
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Tell your husband about one thing he did over the holidays that blessed you. Give him a warm kiss and a thank you.
Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. Author Unknown
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Pick up any holiday loose ends for your husband. Something to return? Need batteries? Any errands?
Be kind and compassionate to one another ... Ephesians 4:32a NIV
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Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®.
Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.
Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
My husband and I are going to take some time to talk about the holidays. There are things that we liked and didn't like about how we handled the holidays and if we don't talk about it now and take a few notes, we'll forget all that by the next time Christmas rolls around (and likely do the same things with the same results).
I encourage y'all to have a holiday chat too. Give some thought to meals, decorating, gifts and activities. What worked? What did not? How could you handle things differently? Did you see something or hear about something that sounded good? Could you reasonably do that next year?
With the holidays fresh in your memories, talk about what really had value, what you want to repeat and what you can do without next year. Give some thought to time use and how you can spread the work load out next year to keep the holidays sane and meaningful.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein
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Goodness, another year nearly gone! Take some time to remember the hightlights of the past year with your husband. Laugh about the good times and hug over the struggles. Thank God for His goodness and pray over the coming year and what it will bring.
God gave us memories that we might have roses in December. J.M. Barrie
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Something to do in a quiet post-holiday moment ~ ask your husband is there was a gift he was hoping for and didn't get. If so, buy the item and give it as a New Year's gift or as a "just because" gift.
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens
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Bless you all for desiring to be loving and generous wives. May your Christmas be full of laughter, love, and above all His presence. Give your husband a big hug and a kiss and wish him Merry Christmas.
To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy - to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. Jude 24-25 NIV
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
I'm willing to bet that sometime over the next few days stuff will happen that will be inconvenient. It might even be a request from your husband or something he left undone. For the most part, it's just stuff that happens because you are human and everyone you are dealing with is human. I encourage you to take a deep breath, be kind, think practical and do what you can to smooth over any rough edges ... and smile. I think you will be blessed by the smile you get in return.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. Washington Irving
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