NFL wife shares video of husband reading Proverbs 31 over her, newborn

The spouse of an NFL participant shared a video of her husband studying a Bible passage over her as she recovers from childbirth, marking the most recent instance of the NFL partner sharing her husband’s Christian religion with the world. 

Chanen Johnson, the spouse of New Orleans Saints soccer participant Juwan Johnson, shared the video of her husband studying Proverbs 31 aloud as she held their new child within the hospital mattress. As of Wednesday afternoon, the submit had almost 100,000 likes. 

Within the video, posted on Oct. 11, Johnson is heard studying Proverbs 31, which states: “Her husband additionally praises her. ‘Many ladies have additionally performed noble deeds however you surpass all of them.’ Appeal is misleading, magnificence is fleeting, could the lady who fears the Lord can be praised. Give her the reward of her labor and let her works reward her on the metropolis gates.” 

“POV: You simply gave him a babygirl & that is what he does,” she wrote on the high of the video. The biography on her Instagram web page contains the phrase “To Him who is ready,” accompanied by an emoji of praying arms. 

In a separate Instagram submit on Oct. 7 from the identical hospital mattress previous to her giving delivery, Johnson wrote, “If you’re about to have a pre-birth panic assault so he reads the Phrase to you & speaks life over you.” The caption accompanying the submit, which has over 293,000 likes, reads: “& similar to that it was my best delivery but,” together with emojis of a smiley face and praying arms. 

As for the soccer participant, his Christian religion can also be displayed prominently on social media. The biography on his X account states partly, “Jesus over the whole lot else.” His location is listed as “God’s Route.” 

Johnson mentioned his religion intimately on the Sports activities Spectrum podcast earlier this yr, explaining how he is come to understand the recommendation to “Have a look at God’s face as an alternative of His hand.”

“We’re at all times wanting and asking for God for one thing,” he added, citing a typical criticism to God as “you’re not doing this for me, you’re not doing that for me.”

One other frequent request, he stated, is asking God to “take this off my plate.” Christians ought to strive a distinct strategy, he recommended: “It’s extra so His face, in search of His face, realizing His face.”

“I even switched my Instagram bio to ‘Salvation over circumstances,’” Johnson continued, describing the “blood that He shed on the cross” as “far more essential than my circumstances proper now.”