Most of us have felt the weight of pressure in one way or another. Most of us know that when the doctor says you might feel some pressure, they really mean pain. Pressure in some areas of life feel good, like when someone is pushing on your back or messaging your shoulders. But pressure in the wrong place can make you insane to stop it, like pressure in your head from a migraine.
Well, guess what? Our husbands are under pressure. It seems they are under more pressure then they have been in times past. There are so many different pressures then there have ever been. The weight of a full house which includes filling stomachs, filling backpacks, filling physical and emotional needs, and filling teeth (if your kids get cavities like mine, ha). I have to admit I have been a major factor to this pressure, my emotional swings, frustration with lack of funds, orneriness at having to help out.
Maybe this is something boys learn as they wrestle endlessly or play football, but I can just imagine my husband at the very bottom of that pile of pressure. He's got three knees in his back, two elbows in his rear and thigh, one big shoulder on his cheek and a big stinky foot in his face, not to mention 500 pounds of weight crushing in on his ribs and lungs. How much longer can he really handle that.
As long as I can acknowledge that I am a part of that pressure, I can help get it off. That's why this week, I challenge myself to take the pressure off my husband. I know I can't get it all off but if I can serve him by bettering something as simple as my attitude then I am willing to make that choice. Pressure's off, babe :)
Challenge: Pick one thing this week to tackle without nagging your husband about it.
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