“Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear” (Proverbs 25:12).
That is what I want to have: listening ears, ready to apply the wise reproof. This week I was trying NOT to listen, as my husband offered cautions and directions for me in a specific situation. I was resisting because I was afraid he might be right, and then my plans would be spoiled. And he was. And I didn’t get what I wanted.
How faithful God is to break though the walls we build around ourselves! When the flesh wraps itself around us in a stranglehold, the Spirit is all the time gently breaking though. I was mad at David for a while, and then God started to make himself heard. Am I honoring my husband? Are my own desires the highest priority, at the cost of everything else? Am I sweet wife as long as I get my own way?
Thank God for his loving mercy and my husband for his ready forgiveness. I hope I will remember this grace for a long time. “Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it” (Ps. 141:5).
