Men, Love your Wives
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,” Ephesians 5:25
It is a sad commentary, I suppose, that we men need to be so reminded. One would think that such a love and care and concern would reside… would play an intricate role in our every day lives; but such is not always the case.
We are often too busy. Too locked away in our own thoughts, own plans, own ambitions, and own failings. We are mentally trapped in a revolving door of problems and concerns that overwhelm us, shut us down, and cause us to retreat into the cave of our own choosing. At least, this can be our perspective, this can be our outlook.
Yet, the answers to our questions are closer than we perceive. They are a heartbeat away, in the wife God’s blessed us with, chosen for us, created for us.
The answer is not in the market place or behind a desk, or with our peers… the answer is sacrificial… a willing and loving giving to our wives. Her counsel is often the best as it is honest, to the point, and without a political agenda. What wife wishes her husband to fail?
Men, can we trust God enough, to give up our hopes, our dreams, and our aspirations and devote ourselves to our wives and children? Does not God know your problems and your needs? Has not God provided an able partner wise in counsel; joined in prayer, ready and willing to give… to you?
When we fail to love our wives as Christ desires us to then we fail as men, as priests, as ministers, and as husbands. How can we expect Godly success when in our homes our wives go unloved?
It is a sad commentary, I suppose, that we men need to be so reminded. One would think that such a love and care and concern would reside… would play an intricate role in our every day lives; but such is not always the case.
We are often too busy. Too locked away in our own thoughts, own plans, own ambitions, and own failings. We are mentally trapped in a revolving door of problems and concerns that overwhelm us, shut us down, and cause us to retreat into the cave of our own choosing. At least, this can be our perspective, this can be our outlook.
Yet, the answers to our questions are closer than we perceive. They are a heartbeat away, in the wife God’s blessed us with, chosen for us, created for us.
The answer is not in the market place or behind a desk, or with our peers… the answer is sacrificial… a willing and loving giving to our wives. Her counsel is often the best as it is honest, to the point, and without a political agenda. What wife wishes her husband to fail?
Men, can we trust God enough, to give up our hopes, our dreams, and our aspirations and devote ourselves to our wives and children? Does not God know your problems and your needs? Has not God provided an able partner wise in counsel; joined in prayer, ready and willing to give… to you?
When we fail to love our wives as Christ desires us to then we fail as men, as priests, as ministers, and as husbands. How can we expect Godly success when in our homes our wives go unloved?
posted by Michael Byrd at 5:48 AM
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