tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337429536668616653.post5736355035711386651..comments2023-03-28T04:33:20.328-07:00Comments on Ground of My Own: The Gift of RespectLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784734416749986997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337429536668616653.post-18975499582067104502012-11-04T20:00:53.956-08:002012-11-04T20:00:53.956-08:00This is a powerful post...and with Steve's com...This is a powerful post...and with Steve's comment too. Please re-post a couple times a year (at the LEAST!), and, also, if I ever should be married, please send to me personally, every single day, with Steve's comment attached. Thankssomuch! :)Kristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523649932752916731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337429536668616653.post-77570051617149967682012-11-02T09:07:21.224-07:002012-11-02T09:07:21.224-07:00I love this because I know the value of this gift....I love this because I know the value of this gift.<br /><br />It is often the case that when I am least deserving of respect that I most need it. There are times when I know I have not acted in a way that inspires respect - I have been selfish, or rude, or distracted when I should be fully present. It is then, when I know how little I deserve it, that I find myself so thankful for a wife who chooses to respect me in obedience to Christ instead of doing it only as payment for my performance. She gives me the gift of grace because she has received grace. <br /><br />God has wired me (and all men) to need the respect of our wives. The problem is that I know, deep down inside, that I am not respectable. I know how far short I fall from being the man I should be. Even responsible, hard-working, devoted men know - when they look in their hearts - that they don't measure up.<br /><br />This is why we so desperately need grace. And I can testify that the gift of respect - an act of grace - has done more to help me grow into becoming the man God has called me to be than all the rebuke or correction or bribery or manipulation ever could (because all those things would only serve to provoke resentment, fear, and self-protection in my heart). stevemizelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13734511250849201671noreply@blogger.com