Twenty Days In....

After what seems like forever since I last wrote, my endeavor to serve my husband seems like it's not going so well. Let me break it down for you:

The first couple days were great! I would make him coffee and all that jazz and feel good about it. He didn't have to do anything in return cause "I was serving HIM" for these next 40 days. Then it happened... I got the stomach bug. I asked myself every morning, HOW DO I SERVE MY HUSBAND WHILE LYING IN BED FEELING LIKE I'M GOING TO THROW UP!!! Maybe the answer was not being my needy sick self, but thought if I don't tell him what I need, then I might not get better. He ended up doing more serving that week than I did.

I feel like this lesson has landed squarely in a place I never expected it to. As I am competitive, this has been a fight to the finish. Luke starts doing his major serving when he notices you serving him. So for the last 20 days (not including my sick days) I have felt out-served everyday. Because of my competitiveness, that frustrated me at first! I though, I must be doing something wrong. Then it hit me... isn't this what a marriage is all about. Serving each other to the fullest? Luke was just doing what any good husband would do... he was serving me in the best way he could. What a wonderful conundrum to be in.

So, for the next 20 days, my strategy is this: Well, I don't really have one... other than to serve and love on my husband in any way that I can... maybe i will learn another simple but great lesson like I learned this past week! Here we go...