A Challenge to Compliment Your Spouse!

This morning Jason and I took the children to a local story time and then we stayed in the youth section to let the children play. I was sitting on the couch reading stories to our oldest and Jason was sitting at a table doing puzzles with our two younger children. A few minutes later, a woman and her child came up to the table to join them in the puzzle fun and very quickly my husband stood up from his seat and offered it to the little boy and then grabbed a nearby chair for his mother. Jason spent the rest of his time bending over (from his 6'5" frame to the kiddie sized table) to help the children.

I saw this out of the corner of my eye, but I remember thinking, "Jason is such a gentlemen to offer his chair." Jason is, and has always been, kind and considerate both inside the home and outside of the home - so offering his chair isn't some novel step to self improvement that I wanted to acknowledge. However, I realized that so often I notice something nice that Jason says or does, but I don't later point it out to him or thank him for being so wonderful. I just simply notice it and keep it to myself.

I want to challenge myself, and you too, to praise your husband both publicly and privately for the little things he does that are thoughtful. They may be small (such as holding open a door, helping out a stranger, or offering up his seat) or they may be larger acts (taking care of an aging parent, being a servant leader at his work, etc.). Either way, our husbands deserve that we not only notice these things, but that we compliment him on them.