I Need A Brother
This picture has become my new nightly commitment. As silly and small as it might sound, I have become dish man. My commitment to my wife is that I will do all the dishes after dinner each evening. My mission is an empty sink. I know you might think that I should have figured out such a simple act of service years ago. Godly men are called to serve their wives as Christ does the church, and this should have been happening in our home years ago. Amazingly, I needed a brother to inspire me to become dish man.
My dear brother's wife was bragging on him because of his dish man commitment. The Lord used that to speak to me. Truth be told, my commitment to being dish man has been a big thing for my wife.
Men, by God's design, we need each other. Proverbs 27:17 says, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." How can you help sharpen a brother today? And, may I encourage you, if you are married, find a way to serve your wife today. Maybe be the dish man tonight.
Just a thought. I often wash the dishes, or at least rinse them to put them in the dishwasher. Jane putters around doing whatever women do in the kitchen. It is a nice sharing time together. Maybe she'd rather go and watch tv or read, I think I'll ask, but she has always called this our "bonding time". Tomorrow makes 44 years, you'd think we had bonded enough by now, but I keep doing it. Thanks for giving me the push to do more.
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Tom,
I wash dishes for GeNila all of the timie. When I am not traveling I alwayslike to wash them all clean and put them away...Sometimes loves can be said without words I also clean house on Fridays. Blessings, Wayne Wright
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great comments guys - brothers being brothers
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