My husband is a cheater.
It's a choice he makes. He chooses to cheat.
Wait.
Before you go getting all upset that I just said that on my blog, let me explain!
He has three main titles: husband, father, and medical student. He cheats one to be better at the other two.
In a message I listened to recently from Andy Stanley called "Choosing to cheat", he says, "Everyday we make a decision on how we will spend our time. There is not enough time to do everything that needs to be done. Therefore, something always gets cheated. We need to learn to cheat at work and stop cheating at home. Instead of asking God to fill in the gaps at home, we should ask God to fill in the gaps at work and trust God to be faithful."
Tim cheats. He cheats at school but does not cheat at home. While others in his class are getting together to study after classes are over, Tim comes home to play. He comes home to eat. He comes home to watch Gracie so I can have some time to myself. He puts 6 hours a week into a part time job that brings in some money to make it possible to do fun things, eat out, for me to be able to go to Orlando, and drive a new car.
I am so thankful for a husband that CHOOSES to put his family first. Because he does, God fills in the gaps. When he can't do anymore, he trusts God with the outcome.
It says a lot about Tim when other people are not doing as well as he is and they have less than he has to worry about. They have no wife, no child, no part time job, and no leadership positions that they hold at school.
It makes me smile when I think about all that Tim Graeser is accomplishing because he answered the call on his life to go. To move to Miami, to enroll in school and be the leader that he is.
But be sure of one thing.
He doesn't do it in his own strength. He couldn't. He does it only through the strength of Jesus Christ, and to glorify Him alone. He could be at the very top of his class, and the valedictorian, but instead he is at the top of God's will for his life.
That my friends, lasts for eternity.
If you have a husband that cheats everywhere but home, tell him you appreciate him. I know I don't do that enough, and from what Tim says, they never get tired of hearing it! :)
