Myra Beltran de Ortiz realized she was worshipping a false god.

Her idol was her career.

I am intoxicated.

My job is like a drug.

God is my provider, not my job.

This is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Lee-Demaz for Friday, January 24th.

Yesterday, we heard the first part in the story of Mara Beltran de Ortiz.

If you didn't get a chance to hear that story, be sure and go back to Revive Our Hearts.com

and you can read the transcript or, better yet, listen to the program as Myra tells her own story.

Now, in case you're just picking up the story now, let me give you a little bit of background.

For years, Myra tried desperately to cultivate a picture-perfect

image. In order to encourage your husband and children to look successful, keeping up appearances,

she would try controlling them through verbal outbursts. Myra was the vice president of a health

club chain in the Dominican Republic where she lives.

Her husband Federico had several real estate projects going. Because they were just both living

their own independent lives and weren't on the same page, they weren't communicating about his

business and his increasing debt.

Myra had always been tempted to try to control her family, but once all this debt came to light,

she clamped down even more. Now, maybe that sounds reasonable. Is it really possible to respect a man who's gotten into debt? Is it possible to follow a husband's lead when he isn't leading?

How can a wife encourage your husband to become the loving leader that God created him to be?

Well, these are questions a lot of wives have. Perhaps there are questions you have in your marriage.

And we're going to touch on some of these as we hear part two of

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