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Don’t One-Up Your Husband

September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment

“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.” Proverbs 31:10-11

Sweet wives, I am sharing for us today because I think we are more guilty of doing the “one-up” on our husbands than they are of doing it on us. This post could really be titled “Don’t One-Up Your Spouse”. However, I want to encourage and challenge we wives.

This suggestion of not one-upping your husband may seem silly and inconsequential, but the root of “one-upping” is usually pride, disrespect or jealousy. So, as we yield our hearts to the Lord in our marriages, not one-upping our husbands can bear bountiful, beautiful fruit because it springs forth from humility. Let’s talk about it today.

What is doing the “one-up”?

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