• {Home}
  • {Contact }
  • { Disclosure }
  • {Guest Post }
  • {Join the STC Team }
  • {Christian Printables }

Satisfaction Through Christ

A Christian blog focused on faith, ministry, adoption, parenting, marriage, and more!

   
  • { About }
  • { Authors }
  • {STC Believes}
  • {Christian Adoption Link Up }
  • {Advertise }
  • { Where We Share }
  • STC Forums

Marriage: My Husband Brought Me Flowers Today

June 27, 2014 by Michelle 26 Comments

My Husband Brought Me Flowers Today | Satisfaction Through Christ

 

“I’m so tired of flowers,” sighed the elderly woman in the TV commercial as my jaw hit the floor. She had just described how her husband of fifty years, seated next to her, brought her flowers on their first date, and every year since had given her the same bouquet on that day.

And she was tired of flowers.

It wasn’t enough that she had a husband who stayed with her for fifty years. Or that he actually remembered the day of their first date every year. Or that he was caring enough to send her flowers on that date. Or that he was sentimental and romantic enough to send her the same flowers every year.

No. She was tired of flowers. She wanted the product the commercial was trying to sell.

I wanted a shoe to throw at the TV.

My husband brought me flowers today. I know, in the picture they look rather more like birthday candles than flowers. That’s because, technically, my flowers were birthday candles.

I was getting ready for our youngest son’s birthday party. I had already made a trip to the store and thought I had everything I needed. Until I discovered I was nearly out of baking powder. My husband was out running errands, so I sent him a text asking if he could pick some up for me. He did. No problem. Until I remembered I didn’t have any candles for the birthday cake. And he had already left the store. And it was raining.

“And it was raining.” I say that like it’s just so pedestrian, like it’s some normal, everyday thing, which, in south Louisiana in June, I assure you, it is not. Every day, yes. Normal, no. Remember that scene in one of those ’90’s “asteroid crashes into the earth” movies where the asteroid has just hit and the man and his daughter are standing on the beach watching the huge resulting tidal wave roll in to engulf them? Well if, instead of the beach, you can imagine yourself trying to navigate a WalMart parking lot with a buggy full of groceries and four kids in tow in the middle of that tidal wave, you’ll have some idea of what monsoon season is like down here.

And you know what my husband did when I asked him to go get birthday candles in that mess? He did it gladly. No complaints. No asking, “Why didn’t you think about this sooner?” He just walked in the house, soaked and smiling, and handed me the candles.

No bouquet could have been better.

Ladies, my husband has a lot of faults. I’ll bet yours does too. Because just like us, they’re sinful human beings. Often, like the lady in the commercial, we trample over a dozen roses to plant our feet in a briar patch. We overlook the ways our husbands are a blessing to us and focus only on our complaints.

Maybe he didn’t get you exactly what you wanted for your birthday, but does he work hard every day to support your family? So, he didn’t notice your new haircut right away. Does he give the kids their bath every night? Yes, his dirty socks are constantly on the floor in front of the hamper, but didn’t he change the oil in the car yesterday?

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says:

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

The next time you’re tempted to complain about your husband’s shortcomings, why not praise God instead for a way that he has blessed you or done something admriable? And let’s make sure to thank our husbands for those little “flowers” they bring us every day.

 

Michelle Optimized Signature

I want to hear from you: 
What kind of “flowers” has your husband brought you recently?

The following two tabs change content below.
  • Bio
  • Latest Posts
My Facebook profileMy Google+ profileMy Instagram profile

Michelle

Michelle is a women’s Bible study author, ministry wife, and home schooling mom. She and her husband have six children in their tweens, teens, and twenties. Michelle enjoys reading, spending time with family, and staying active at church and in women’s ministry. Her goal in writing, speaking, and teaching is to train church ladies to be “Mighty Amazon Women” of God: strong in godliness, humility, submission, discernment, kindness, wisdom, apologetics, and hermeneutics.
My Facebook profileMy Google+ profileMy Instagram profile

Latest posts by Michelle (see all)

  • 23 Things I’ve Learned in 23 Years of Marriage - December 29, 2015
  • The Shepherds’ Gospel - December 22, 2015
  • Christian Cyber Monday Deals You Probably Haven’t Heard About but Don’t Want to Miss! - November 30, 2015

Filed Under: Marriage, marriage helps, Michelle Tagged With: Affirmation, Appreciation, Christian Marriage, Gratitude, Husbands, Love, Marriage, Praise, Thankfulness, Wives

Comments

  1. Joyice says

    June 27, 2014 at 10:41 am

    Michelle, this is SO awesome! I think I am going to write up a small list this afternoon and share with my husband for our date night tonight. Thanks! 🙂

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      June 27, 2014 at 10:54 am

      Glad you liked it, Joyice! I’ll bet your husband will be glad you liked it, too! :0)

      Reply
  2. Tracy Hebert says

    June 27, 2014 at 11:43 am

    Coffee in bed when he’s off! He never complains about me being to busy to cook supper every night!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      June 27, 2014 at 1:39 pm

      Awesome! A man cannot go wrong with coffee, in my humble opinion :0)

      Reply
  3. Beckey says

    June 27, 2014 at 12:57 pm

    WONDERFUL post!! I think it’s so important to be thankful for the little things each day! Gratitude is the enemy of discontentment. My most recent “flowers” was a gallon of milk. Which the man of the house happily stopped off to get after a 5 mile run the other night. (btw: I would have wanted to throw something at the tv also!)
    Beckey
    http://www.etsy.com/shop/queenbsbusywork

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      June 27, 2014 at 1:40 pm

      That was so nice of him! Glad you enjoyed the article! :0)

      Reply
  4. Shirley says

    June 27, 2014 at 2:57 pm

    thank you for this post michelle, it was beautiful to read. (Although it does kind of make me wish that my husband was home so I could hug him. he is the kind of hubby who would go back for the candles without complaint in monsoon season too.) 😀

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      June 27, 2014 at 9:34 pm

      Thanks, Shirley. I’m sure he’ll appreciate that big hug when he gets home! :0)

      Reply
  5. Joan says

    June 27, 2014 at 4:33 pm

    What a great reminder! Love it! I have one of those husbands too, and I truly appreciate him.

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      June 27, 2014 at 9:35 pm

      Thanks, Joan. It’s always great to have one of the good guys at home! :0)

      Reply
  6. pjkuhn says

    June 27, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    Oh I loved reading this. if we could always see their heart, our marriages would be stronger. Thanks for encouraging all of us how to focus on the the good. ~Pamela

    Reply
    • Michelle Lesley says

      June 28, 2014 at 10:50 am

      Thanks, Pamela. Glad you enjoyed it :0)

      Reply
  7. osomann says

    June 28, 2014 at 9:46 am

    It is such a blessing to read of your wonderful relationship and mutual respect for each other. To focus on the rose and ignore the thorns is a gift not enough people enjoy.

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      June 28, 2014 at 6:37 pm

      Thanks, osomann. We have our ups and downs like everybody else, but God has been so good to teach me about affirming and appreciating my husband :0)

      Reply
  8. SaraRenée Larson says

    June 28, 2014 at 7:18 pm

    Love this! It upsets me when women don’t appreciate everything their man does for them and only points out the negatives or what they should’ve done. I think I tell my husband at least every other day how much he means to me and everything he does for me and our family. If he was as cute as that man who got the same flowers on the date of their first-date, I’d probably blush everytime. We can’t even remember the day of our first date! Lol

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      June 30, 2014 at 2:12 am

      Thanks, SaraRenee! Yep, it’s so important to be appreciative! :0)

      Reply
  9. Tiffany says

    July 1, 2014 at 2:24 am

    New follower now! I completely fell in love with this post! Such simple truths, yet it’s astonishing how often we can forget them.

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      July 1, 2014 at 3:06 pm

      Thanks, Tiffany! Welcome aboard! :0)

      Reply
  10. bluecottonmemory says

    July 1, 2014 at 11:17 pm

    I wanted to throw a shoe, too! My husband’s love language is serving. He made my second raised garden bed – and he does the Wal-Mart thing, too:) Lots of beautiful love hugging going on in your post! Made me happy!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      July 2, 2014 at 2:12 am

      And it makes me happy to hear all of these ladies appreciating their husbands! It’s a win-win! :0)

      Reply
  11. mariewikle says

    July 2, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    I love this! I just tweeted this morning how I didn’t want to do the dishes before going to bed last night. I just didn’t. and this morning, I woke to ZERO dishes in the sink. I’m super blessed and try to spoil him as much as he spoils me.

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      July 2, 2014 at 12:38 pm

      Wow! Ok, so now all of our single ladies will want to know– does he have a brother? lol :0)

      Reply
  12. Kaylene Yoder (@FaithfulFeat) says

    July 3, 2014 at 8:02 am

    How very sweet of him! My husband hasn’t bought me flowers in a long time. He will, however, go to the rose garden, snip a few roses, hold them behind his back and while that little boy glitter in his eyes stick them under my nose! Those mean way more than and immaculate bouquet that costs the same as a weeks groceries! How blessed we are, when we look for it and choose to be grateful for it!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      July 6, 2014 at 4:20 pm

      How sweet! Sounds like you’ve got a keeper, Kaylene! :0)

      Reply
  13. Charlene@A Pinch of Joy says

    July 5, 2014 at 4:31 pm

    My husband brings me flowers shaped like birthday candles, a full tank of gas, bags of mulch. What a wonderful way to think of this! Delightful post!!!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      July 6, 2014 at 4:22 pm

      Thanks, Charlene. Glad you enjoyed it! :0)

      Reply

We're eager to hear your thoughts! --Let's chat-- Cancel reply

echo adrotate_group(2);

Our Favorite Shops

echo adrotate_group(1);
Visit Christie H.'s profile on Pinterest.
Follow this blog

Connect with Us

   

Satisfaction Through Christ · Copyright © 2015 · Site Design by: Fantastique Designs

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT