Husbands
Must
Give Honor
To
Your Wives
Scripture
1
Peter 3
In the same way,
you wives must accept the authority of your husbands. Then, even if
some refuse to obey the Good News, your godly lives will speak to
them without any words. They will be won over 2 by
observing your pure and reverent lives.
3 Don’t be
concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive
jewelry, or beautiful clothes. 4 You should clothe
yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the
unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to
God.
5 This is
how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They put their
trust in God and accepted the authority of their husbands.
6 For
instance, Sarah obeyed her husband, Abraham, and called him her
master. You are her daughters when you do what is right without fear
of what your husbands might do.
7 In
the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your
wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than
you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life.
Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.
Observation
I
wish that I could say that every couple that I have had the
opportunity to do marriage preparation sessions with that all of them
had great marriages like Kathy and I have. I wish that they all did
but not all of them do. Marriage takes lot of work. It takes
humility. It takes a lot of grace. If we don't constantly work hard
to keep our marriage great we drift apart!
For
my marriage to be great I have to deny myself and put Kathy first all
the time. And that is hard to do because I am selfish just like you.
Do
you want your marriage to be all that God designed it to be? … Then
die to self.
You
don't have to be right all the time. If you got your feelings hurt,
get over it and love your spouse whether he or she deserves it or
not. Ask for forgiveness no matter who started the fuss. She is your
wife. He is your husband. For better … for worse. Stop fighting! By
the way, you asking for forgiveness no matter who started the fight
in any relationship is God's way of mending and rebuilding
friendships.
In
marriage “I love you” really means: “I will be there when you
lose your job, your health, your parents, your looks, your
confidence, your friends. It is a promise that tells your partner,
I’ll build you up; I will overlook your weaknesses; I’ll forgive
your mistakes; I’ll put your needs above my own; I’ll stick by
you when the going gets tough.”
Guys,
do you remember this promise that you made when you got married: In
the presence of God, our family and friends, I take you, to be my
friend, my lover, the mother of my children and my wife. I will be
yours in times of plenty and in times of want, in times of sickness
and in times of health, in times of joy and in times of sorrow, in
times of failure and in times of triumph. I promise to cherish and
respect you, to care and protect you, to comfort and encourage you,
and stay with you, for all eternity.
We
don't threaten to leave when we get into fights. We don't threaten
our spouse with divorce. Remember the promise that you made to each
other when you got married; the promise to fight fair.
Application
I
will continue to try to help couples all that I can. How is your
marriage doing?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I know that just talking about marriage in my blog will bring
up old hurts for some people. I realize that some relationships can't
be restored because one or both of the people have remarried or
maybe one is no longer alive. But I know that there are people that
still have time to fix and mend their relationships and I pray this
morning that they will. Help them humbly put the needs of others
above their own. Give them the strength and the desire to ask for
forgiveness and help them to let go of whatever has hurt them. Open
their eyes. Show them what they need to do.
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Peter 1,2,3,4,5
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