Here's a fresh take on a message we evangelize often: put your spouse first.
From Jay and Laura at Celebrate Marriage.
A friend of mine is a stock broker and recently relayed this story.
He was on the phone with a client who was bemoaning the fact that she was always exhausted. She worked full time and when she came home devoted her total attention to her 5 year old daughter until it was time for the daughter to go to bed. Then, the client relayed she would collapse into bed and start all over the next day.
At this point my friend stopped with the financial advice and asked “Can I give you some personal advice?” “Sure” replied the client. My friend then said he felt led by the Lord to tell his client that she needed to come home from work and focus on her husband instead of the daughter.
He went on to say that there was a period in his marriage where his wife was a great mother but not a great wife and that their marriage went “sideways” for about 10 years. He said that by focusing on her husband, the daughter would be better off in the long run.
The client then told my friend that there had been a few times in her life where she felt “direct Divine intervention” and that this was one of those times. She was going to go home and talk this through with her husband and begin to focus on him.
My friend said he left work that day feeling better than if he’d sold a million dollars in stock!
Invest in your spouse and reap both immediate and eternal dividends.
