I have 2 groups (at this moment - who knows it could be a whole large classroom..haha) discussing "Preparing to be a Help Meet" :D
one - my college friends. the other one - my churchy friends.
Tonite, I had chapter 3 with the first group - so, let me share what we had.
Chapter 3: the Prophet
as u might have read my excerpt about this man. he is a Visionary.
he loves confrontation, and hates status quo. he is consumed with a need to communicate with words, music, writing, art or actions. (he must be a really romantic guy..hoho~!)
he can love with a passion and be aggressively loyal to his friends and family. he can take the lead in calling the world to repentance and showing them a path of righteousness.
however, if they are not balanced, these Prophet/ Visionary types may get fanatically focused on one or two weird issues and, in the process, upset the entire family.
when i asked - if any of the girls will actually fall into this kind of guy, one of them said yes! haha :D
guess who?
since the question is a big IF -- what IF, all of us are married to the Prophet types!? how we adapt?
every Prophet needs a good, wise, prudent, stable wife who has a positive outlook on life.
remember - this guy is adventurous. he might have an idea of selling the house, quitting his job, then travelling around the world (sounds interesting, huh? REALLY?)
he will be subjective, thinking about feelings, moods and spiritual insights. so we need to be objective and use common sense.
he MIGHT spend money unwisely, leaving his wife feeling insecure. so we need to learn to be content with what we have.
he is a man of ideas, vision. he will talk. some idea might be crazy, some might be not.
so first, we need to listen!
and we are to talk, give opinions and not to "ARE YOU CRAZY?" him.
we need to practice how to speak up our mind - what we think from other point of view (less crazier, perhaps) with WISDOM and LOVE.
be flexible.
be loyal.
as any other men, he needs our supports! - though the whole world thinks he's out of mind, let him know that we are on his side.
without his supporting wife, he feels alone.
Thomas Edison was great after his 999th failure to make a light bulb. the 1st 'til 10th trial might be still exciting - but when it hit hundred-th, people started to think he was crazy! but aren't we thankful for him now?
our husband could be one of these crazy EDISONs.
so, enjoy the ride, girls and be prepared ;)
cici blog design barunya keren uyyy! i love it ;) anw, bukunya share teruss donk ci hehe.. ;p kapan nih big day cici? :)
ReplyDeletehihihi -- kamu punya jauh lebih keren! cc udah frustasi cuma bisa ganti background, itupun download-an gratis! ga ngerti tambahin yg lucu2 gitu. haha.. ajarin donk :$
ReplyDeleteyup, cc bakal share seminggu 1 chapter *doakan supaya cc rajin!!*
big day-nya, so far masi Tuhan aja yg tau nih .... huhu.. :$
btw lyn, sedikit tambahan tips ... bokap gue itu mr visionary sejati :p en nyokap gue itu istri yg bae sekali buat mr visionary. hahaha. Ketika bokap punya ide baru, en seperti mr visionary pada umumnya langsung pengen jump en do what he wants to do, my mom yang udeh ngerti bokap kayak gitu, biasanya ngga pernah menrendahkan, apalagi menertawakan. Palingan nyokap cuman kasih beberapa LOGIC AND PRACTICAL QUESTION, "Kalau sudah dibeli trus mo ditaroh mana?", atau, "Nanti maintainnya gmana? Papa mau ke sana tiap hari?" udeh gitu aja. Hehehe. Ntar biasanya bokap mikir sendiri.
ReplyDeletebut 1 hal yang gue liat betapa luar biasanya Tuhan, baik nyokap maupun seorang temen deket gue yang menikah dengan Mr Visionary, itu cewek2 yang super logis dan praktis. :p So mereka biasanya bisa membawa mr visionary yang di awang-awang dengan visinya menjadi a more down-to-earth man. Praise God for His wonderful wisdom!! :p
huah, thanks banget grace :) super nice!!!!!!!!!!
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