Quiet Wisdom

An Easter reflection for husbands who default to self-protection instead of loving their wives:

"Save yourself!" screamed the mockers and haters.

It wasn't that He couldn't.
Not that the power was not available.
Not that cosmic armies were not at His bidding.

It was that He wouldn't.

His mission: to love His Bride
To choose her first
To let the pain rip through His body
To protect her from forever pain
To hold on to the joy awaiting on the other end of this death, His death.

Christian husband, this is your mission.
Look into the eyes of Jesus,
the man who would not save himself at the expense of His Bride.
See how much He loves you, so much that He suffers for you
For the joy of making you whole.

When the pull to save yourself tugs at your soul,
Covers you in a miasma of self-protection,
Blinds you to your escaping,
your blaming words,
your rationalising and minimising,
your resentments,
your hurtful actions -

Remember Him who would would not save Himself
For the love of His Bride
And for the joy of future hope

“I yell out to my God, I yell with all my might, I yell at the top of my lungs. He listens.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭77‬:‭1‬-‭10‬ ‭MSG‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/97/psa.77.1-10.MSG

God receives our raw emotions with a listening ear and heart of love. This Psalm in The Message paraphrase lays out the wrestling thoughts and desperate emotions.

Psalms 77:1-10 (MSG) - I yell out to my God, I yell with a | YouVersion I yell out to my God, I yell with all my might, I yell at the top of my lungs. He listens. I found myself in trouble and went looking for my Lord; my life was an open wound that wouldn’t heal. When f

Just letting you know that I'm taking a couple of weeks to be with family due to the loss of my mother-in-law. I'm planning to be back on deck on March 9.

I realise that there are many who have a painful experience of their husband's mother, especially in the context of betrayal. She may have had a role in the childhood wounds that set him up for s*xual acting out. There may be elements of denial, enablement or enmeshment in his family that create pain for you. You may have grief at the loss of the connection with his family because of the impact of betrayal. If any of this is you, take this moment to honour your experience by going gently with yourself and you acknowledge the depth of your own story.

Wondering what your healing needs are? The MPTM lays out a roadmap for healing after betrayal. Listen to the podcast to find out more. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574807/episodes/18698415

Creating a quiet space to make a special audio gift for when you can't sleep. I needed a way to muffle the sounds of the noisy miner birds outside my window!

Can't wait to share what I'm creating ☺️🤫

What has mindfulness got to do with healing from betrayal? A lot, actually. Learn more in this episode of Confident Again with Australian psychologist Therese Sheedy.

From Thought Loops to Calm: Mindfulness That Builds Confidence (with Therese Sheedy) - Confident Again In this episode of Confident Again, Jane Gibb sits down with Australian psychologist Therese Sheedy to explore how mindfulness can gently rebuild confidence, nervous system safety, and emotional resilience — especially for women navigating betraya...