Love does not boast

[Verve]

I was just thinking about this because my super awesome hubby brought me the most beautiful roses for no reason and did laundry because I was too tired.

This made me think, as I was about to post a picture of the flowers on FB, about love not boasting.

Scripturally do you think it's really so wrong for one to make posts about their spouses? I love to see posts like this. It's encouraging to see people who still have the romance alive after years of marriage.

Is it boasting to brag on your spouse in public?

 

[DaedraSun]

I was just thinking about this because my super awesome hubby brought me the most beautiful roses for no reason and did laundry because I was too tired.

This made me think, as I was about to post a picture of the flowers on FB, about love not boasting.

Scripturally do you think it's really so wrong for one to make posts about their spouses? I love to see posts like this. It's encouraging to see people who still have the romance alive after years of marriage.

Is it boasting to brag on your spouse in public?

For flowers and doing some laundry? Nah. Just don't embarrass the poor guy by going on and on and on and on about how wonderful he is.

 

[RedPonyDriver]

IF I had a husband like that I'd be boasting all over the place. I think it's more of not boasting about self...

 

[Autumnleaf]

IF I had a husband like that I'd be boasting all over the place. I think it's more of not boasting about self...

So he can't post on facebook about all he did for her?

 

[RedPonyDriver]

So he can't post on facebook about all he did for her?

What? Non-sequitur

 

[NothingIsImpossible]

My brains no fully on right now but I think theres nothing wrong with posting about something that made you happy. Like when I posted my wedding pics, honeymoon pics I wasn't boasting. I was posting because I was happy.

Now if I posted everything I got that cost alot, then I'd consider it boasting and wrong. To me pride and boasting tend to go hand in hand. And even pride has its good and bad. Theres "Look how awesome I am!", then theres "Awesome I figured out this rubix cube finally!".

 

[Avniel]

Yeah I think boasting and sharing your joy is two different things. I don't do it because when you post how happy you are some people wait and pray for your unhappiness.

 

[Inkachu]

I agree. Sharing joy and happiness is different than bragging or boasting.

 

[bluegreysky]

I was just thinking about this because my super awesome hubby brought me the most beautiful roses for no reason and did laundry because I was too tired.

This made me think, as I was about to post a picture of the flowers on FB, about love not boasting.

Scripturally do you think it's really so wrong for one to make posts about their spouses? I love to see posts like this. It's encouraging to see people who still have the romance alive after years of marriage.

Is it boasting to brag on your spouse in public?

I don't think it's wrong. I post pictures of stuff he does all the time.
It's good for friends and family to see that you appreciate your husband.
The people at my church are always talking about that one verse that says "boast in the Lord", which means its good to give thanks for blessings and a husband is a blessing.
I think the boasting/bragging thing is wrong when it's about a good deed you did so you can get recognized for it or if it's about a skill you have or something that you're supposed to just be humble about.

 

[loveChrist14]

I am honored to be my husbands wife. Still to this day, I look at him and think "wow... that is my husband". I don't think it's wrong, but, sometimes, I worry about others who maybe feel lonely in that area... I don't want to sort of, rub it in.

 

[ValleyGal]

I'm glad you brought up the word blessing. There are a couple of definitions of blessing - one is to speak the power of God into someone's life, and another is to speak highly of someone - the latter is where we get our word "eulogy."

There is also the matter of recognizing and thanking God for one's own strengths. You can honestly recognize your strengths without it being boasting. For example, Paul recognized that he was mature in the Lord and he did it without boasting.

Putting all that together, imo, boasting is a matter of the heart... is there pride or self righteousness in it? That's when it becomes boasting, or when you are fishing for compliments to feed your own ego. Boasting is about lifting your own ego (self).

So....bragging on a spouse is actually blessing them because you are speaking highly of them, and when you do that, those other people begin to form positive opinions, thoughts and feelings about the one you brag on, which lifts them up in not only yours, but in others' eyes.