Holding your husband's hand

Ok, so you read the title and you think, this is going to be a lovey, dovey entry. Wrong!! Your husband may or may not be like my husband. Display of affection is made either after a conscious effort or a strong nudge from myself. He tries and has such great qualities, but that is just not his strongest. No, I am talking about something totally different.

There is a story in the bible that is one of my favorites. It is found in Exodus (yes, exodus) 17:8-13. In this story the characters include Moses, Joshua, Aaron, and Hur. God's team (Israelites) were fighting a group called Amalek. Moses told Joshua he would go up to the top of the hill and stand with the staff of God in his hand (vs.9) while Joshua went and fought the Amalek. Starting in verse 11 it says, "Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands grew tired, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword."

I love that!!!! That is the best story and such an amazing picture of friendship, family, and the spouse relationship. Ladies, whether you are in your husband's season or you are preparing for your husband's season, there IS going to come a time when he gets weary and tired and you are going to have to hold his hands up. He may be tired of his team-hold his hands up. He may be tired of the media-hold his hands up. He may be tired of losing-hold his hands up. How do you do that: Pray and Words of Encouragement. There is nothing that makes a man stronger than a wife that prays for him daily. There is nothing that builds a man up than words of encouragement from the one person that knows him better than any one else.

And believe me I realize you are tired, heck, I am tired, but that is why we have each other. Wives, to pray for each other and build each other up so that we can in turn hold our husband's hand.