hair brained ideas...

I have all sorts of fun and crazy ideas- usually to start some kind of ministry or business or something to that effect.  Fortunately, I have a grounding block with my husband.  I haven’t always thought that he was a grounding block.  So many times I had looked at him as an obstacle that I had to overcome.  I have had some superbly crazy ideas, that may or may not have worked, but most likely gotten us pretty deep in debt. 

When I chose to marry my husband, I knew what the Bible said in Genesis 2:24; “for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.”  I decided that I was better than the Bible and re-wrote it in my own head for years and years.  Instead of it saying, “the two shall become one flesh”, I interpreted it as “the two shall become one brain…”  Therefore, what I said, HAD to be what he was thinking and HAD to be what he wanted because I wanted it. 

It took me a few years to realize that his ideas weren’t my ideas and my ideas weren’t his…  After that “honeymoon” stage, when we started to disagree, I was thinking, he is just being unbiblical!  Conform to my ways!!!! Well – hello – it isn’t that way at all.  But I have learned one very important thing- if God wants you to do something, He will put it on both your hearts. 

If you are feeling called to a ministry, be frank and open about it with your spouse, let them know everything about it, and get their support.  For me, if my husband lends his support to some hair brained idea that I have, I know that I can hit it hard core!  I also know that I need to hit it hard core and do it before he changes his mind!  HAHA. 

Prayer and petition.  If you feel called to do anything – pray, talk with your partner that you have chosen, pray with them, feel God’s presence.  Know HE is with you always and will guide you however you need to go and where you need to be.  Also, remember that your life isn’t yours alone.