Anastasia Makarova

Father help me discern between Your will and mine.

@oelma__ Luisa. My grandmother is Russian but her name is French

I used to love my wife because she earned it. When she was kind, I was kind. When she respected me, I respected her. When she didn't—I didn't. Marriage was a transaction. A balance sheet. I gave what I got. Nothing more. Then one Sunday our pastor said something I couldn't shake. "The way you treat your wife is the way you treat the Lord." I thought he was being poetic. He wasn't. That night I looked at my wife. Really looked. She was exhausted. The kids had been brutal. The house was chaos. And I was keeping score. Waiting for her to earn my kindness. That's when it hit me: I wasn't loving a woman. I was worshiping myself. Every act of service I withheld was worship I stole from God. Every cold shoulder was an altar to my ego. Every "she started it" was a prayer to my own righteousness. Marriage isn't a contract between two people. It's an offering to the One who made them. I started loving her differently. Not because she deserved it. Because He does. I served her when she didn't thank me. I pursued her when she pulled away. I led when I didn't feel like leading. Not for applause. For an audience of One. She noticed. Not right away. But one night she said: "You're different. What happened?" I told her the truth. "I stopped loving you to get something back." "I started loving you to give something up." She didn't understand at first. Now she does. When you love your spouse as an act of worship Everything shifts. The scoreboard disappears. The transaction ends. And marriage becomes what it was always supposed to be. A daily death to self. A living sacrifice. An act of worship disguised as a Wednesday night doing dishes. Your spouse isn't your enemy. They're your offering. Treat them like one.

A person warning you about your sin, loves you more than a person joining you in sin.

Your spouse is your life’s co founder. They’ll either invest in your dreams or bankrupt your confidence. Choose wisely.

Very important

I can’t even scroll through @Pinterest without clicking on an ad 😠😠😠

Only dead fish go with the flow. 🌬️

The main reason people speak against the Bible is because the Bible speaks against their lifestyle.

Silence kills more opportunities than failure ever will. 📝📌

It’s important to ask yourself: Does my patriotism include space for humility, criticism, and learning from other cultures? If not, it may narrow your worldview — becoming more about identity defense than real love or truth. 💡#FoodforThought

Patriotism as a blind allegiance is a lack of perspective. If patriotism becomes nationalism where criticism is viewed as betrayal it can lead to denial of historical injustices. This form of patriotism discourages empathy, global thinking, and self reflection.

A goal is an objective with a deadline 🤯

Too many women throw away the whole garden for a rotten apple.

@Simone_Biles @Riley_Gaines_ Thats low @Simone_Biles …

bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male @Riley_Gaines_

This is so disappointing. My take is the least controversial take on the planet. Simone Biles being a male-apologist at the expense of young girls’ dreams? Didn’t have that on my bingo card. Maybe she could compete in pommel horse and rings in 2028.

The rainbow is a sign of God’s covenant. Not a celebration of sin.

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Never tolerate evil.

If you make a deal with the devil the devil is going to win every time.