Before I even met Mark, Mama and I were attending a women’s Bible study at our church led by the pastor’s wife. We very slowly worked our way through Titus 2:3-5. I still think of those Bible studies often and remember the things we talked about in them. There is one thing in particular that stands out to me, though, and I would like to take a few minutes to share them with you all. I am writing specifically to those of you who are married, though it can apply to younger women and their relationship with their fathers, as well.  We were talking about the many ways to love your husband, particularly in the way we talk about them to others. Our theme verse for that week was Proverbs 31:12, “ She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.”  If you take a minute and just think about all the things you can do for your husband that would be good for him or for his reputation, it is almost overwhelming.

   I want to especially think for a minute about the way we speak of our husbands to others. I think this is something all of us need to continually work on and be careful of (at least I know I do myself ). What do you tell your friends about your husband? Does what you say of him damage his reputation or does it build him up? What about even in jest? I think we let a lot of things slip that we shouldn’t because we were ‘ only joking’. We should not make it our goal to express our  husband’s faults to others, but to praise him whenever we speak of him.