Thirsty for Honor?
By Marilynn Chadwick
Three years ago, my husband’s beloved college basketball coach, North Carolina’s legendary Dean Smith, passed away. Next to his own father, David says Smith was the most significant man in his life. Even superstar Michael Jordan called Smith his “second father.”
When I first met my basketball-player-turned-preacher husband, I was a University of Georgia girl and a die-hard football fan. Basketball, not so much.
But I loved David and I grew to love basketball. Coach Smith sent me a handwritten note welcoming me to the “Carolina family.” He always remembered my alma mater and my college major. He knew our children by name. Seriously. Who does that?
Public reaction to Smith’s passing seemed to convey a nostalgic yearning for role models, for dads, for men of honor. So I was inspired to write an editorial honoring the good guys in our lives.
A prominent defense attorney wrote me back to share how his own dad had been such an honorable man. A federal judge and a bank president both weighed in on the subject of honor. Young moms wrote to tell me about their “amazing husbands” and vowed to be more intentional to honor them. Had I touched a nerve?
Maybe it’s because honor is lacking in our homes. Families today are in trouble. Studies show that 70% of divorces are now initiated by women.
Honor was God’s idea in the first place – especially in marriage. No wonder we’re thirsty for this sometimes forgotten virtue. What would happen if we sparked a movement of honor in our homes, our communities, and our world?
Link to David’s Dean Smith Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0736966897?keywords=its%20how%20you%20play%20the%20game&qid=1456540501&ref_=sr_1_2&s=books&sr=1-2
Link to Editorial on Dean Smith: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article10431473.html
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- Connect you to God’s original and joy-filled intent for marriage
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