Devotional: Honor Your Wife Even When She’s Not Around – Bounce Your Eyes, Mind, and Heart

While I was strolling with my wife on a quaint beach-town promenade in Orange County, California, I thought about how even the most well-intentioned man is a soldier storming a land mine field of the best stereotypical model bodies money can buy.

As I am everyday when I leave the house, I was reminded of the importance of “bouncing my eyes”. This  tried-and-true technique for protecting your mind and honoring your wife is taught by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker in Every Man’s Battle: Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time (The Every Man Series)

However, I also thought about what it would mean to my marriage and relationship with God if I also “bounced my mind” and “bounced my heart” [...]