Why, because he is! He is a man in God’s image. Every person is gifted because he is created in God’s image. The genius is there; you can trust that it is created in him.
Listen carefully to your husband day after day. Watch him with fresh vision and hope. Look deeper than the surface you will discover his strengths, his gifts. He will be profoundly encouraged if he suspects you are seeing him this way. Your passion can rise again; you may see fascinating layers to his personality he may not even know are there.
You are the closest real person to encourage out your husband’s gifts. You have a lot to gain by the investment you make in him - or lose by not making it.
If you have not always known that there is reason to believe in the man you married, with years of marriage behind you, disappointments and all, you will be challenged at first to see his gifts. But no matter what he has or has not accomplished you can begin again to learn to believe.
Look for a spark, a focused interest in him. As a wife, and being closest to him, you may be the first to recognize his uniqueness! Uniqueness needs understanding and pride from you if you choose to take the opportunity presented to you.
For the minute forget the past, forget the attitude of those around and think just of you and your husband and God! Once you “see” with spiritual eyes, you decide to encourage what you see in your husband, you may just make the difference in his future . . . and in yours. You may see the future of your world.
Serve him lavishly. You will know how.
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