A woman from our church called me a while back; in the privacy of that phone call, she voiced how rough their marriage was and how they just don’t get along and constantly argue.

I told her what I’ve told so many women “I know your husband isn’t perfect. No man is. But your husband carries the weight of leading your family, providing for you, protecting you and he probably doesn’t know if he’s doing a good job. When is the last time you greeted him after work with arms around him, smiling, saying “You know what? I think you’re doing a great job leading this family. I appreciate how hard you work and I see the weight that you carry to provide for us and I love how you’d do anything to protect us.” She began crying and could barely speak. After she collected herself, she said “Pastor Jordan, I’ve never said anything like that to him.” I said “That’s why he’s irritable. He thinks he’s failing. If you don’t tell him he’s succeeding, he will assume he’s failing. If your husband hears from you that he’s doing a good job, and he sees that you genuinely respect him, not just once, but occasionally compliment him and don’t be demeaning towards him, he will move mountains for you! He will fight armies for you! Men need to hear it…” {READ MORE}

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