My Unique Husband–and Yours
Just like his dad before him, my husband Ray is wonderfully organized. Ray has an amazing shirt pocket where he keeps two things: a pen (always black) and a piece of scratch paper folded in half. Ray has an affinity for scratch paper. Every once in a while, I hear the paper cutter and there he is again cutting up rough drafts and things like that. Notgrass History keeps him in a steady supply of stuff like that.
Oh, the efficiency of Ray’s little piece of paper. That’s where he keeps his life organized on a daily basis–and sometimes mine, too.
When we are out and about and I think of something I need to do and I really, really want to remember it, I ask him to write it down for me or I borrow his little piece of paper (and often his pen, too) and write down my reminder. Then it goes back into his pocket. That way I know my note won’t get lost, like when I write it on the church bulletin or my grocery list or an envelope on my desk. Later, when Ray checks his little white piece of paper to see what he needs to remember, he copies down my note and puts a reminder on my desk.
Isn’t Ray a nice guy? A lot of husbands wouldn’t want to serve as a personal assistant and secretary. I know this is an unusual way for a husband to help his wife. Ray doesn’t kill deer to put in our freezer each fall, but he supports me when I buy local farm-raised beef for our freezer. Ray doesn’t like to mow grass and we don’t even own a lawn mower, but he pays our mower when he comes to cut it. It’s easy to wish our husbands served us and our children in different ways, but God created each of them to be unique, just like He did us and our children.
Ray just knows my strengths and weaknesses and wants to help. He does so with his organized desk and his little white piece of paper and in many other ways. I’m glad God made him just the way He did. And I’m thankful that Ray takes this verse to heart.
As each one has received a special gift,
employ it in serving one another
as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1 Peter 4:10
Just curious…what does Ray do if he doesn’t have a pocket on his shirt?:-)
Well, he almost never — if ever — wears a shirt without a pocket! 🙂