A prayer for the Father of your children, written by Emily Rose Massey and read by Kelly

Kivins, prays the Lord, blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights

and his commandments. His offspring will be mighty in the land, the generation of the

upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness

endures forever. So I'm 112 versus 1 through 3.

My husband and I have this game that we play. Tell me something that you love about me,

where we list a quality that we admire about each other.

Once we have been married for 10 years now, I'm sure we've repeated some of the answers,

but I always try to come up with something new, or something that may pertain to our current

season of life. One day, while we were playing, I told him,

I love that you are a hard worker. He is always working hard to provide for our family,

and help me take care of things around the house. I have never mowed a lawn in my life.

I am thankful for that quality of his, because this man is anything but lazy.

Yet, if I'm being honest, because my love language is quality time, it can sometimes get

under my skin that he has trouble slowing down and resting. Most of us have a drive to work,

work, work. We find pleasure and accomplishment and productivity, and have a longing to provide

for our families. But I think it is important to find a balance between work and rest,

much like we see how God rested on the seventh day in creation.

God has given us wives to our husbands, and vice versa, so it is important to pray for them

in this area, so that they do not become exhausted, both physically and mentally.

But more important than praying for them to find balance and rest, is their walk with the Lord

to be an utmost priority. Apart from God's grace, we are all limited,

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