That word, R-E-S-P-E-C-T makes or breaks them. If a husband feels respected it's a boost of encouragement like nothing else, but without it...the lack of respect can literally destroy a man.
Research has indicated that husbands would rather feel unloved than unrespected...that's what gets them at their very core. Think about the things you respect about your husband. For example my husband is a man of amazing integrity and he's an incredibly hard worker. He's also very generous. There's 3 things I was able to come up with very quickly...often these kinds of things are what might come to mind first if you were describing your husband to someone who had never met him. If someone said, "tell me about your husband, what kind of guy is he?",,,what comes to mind? Those are probably things you respect about him
Our brains aren't wired to be very sensitive to respect, and so while it exists in there somewhere, it isn't natural for us to communicate it...yet our husbands crave it. The way gas fuels a vehicle, respect fuels your husband. Your challenge for day #9 is to communicate that to him. You could just say it out loud but there's a chance you'll forget. I'm not discouraging speaking directly to him and sharing how much you respect him but I'm going to challenge you one step further. Your challenge is to write it down, make a little "love note" for him that's actually a list of at least 3 things you respect about him. Leave it somewhere he'll find it: tape it to the steering wheel of his vehicle, or swing by his work and leave it on his keyboard, maybe you can set it on the bathroom sink where he'll see it when he gets home.
Speak love to him in the language his heart most longs to hear.
Ephesians 5:33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
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