Only
The
Lord
Can
Give You An Understanding Wife
Scripture
Proverbs
19 (NLT)
13 A
foolish child is a calamity to a father;
a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.
a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.
14 Fathers
can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth,
but only the Lord can give an understanding wife.
but only the Lord can give an understanding wife.
Proverbs
19 (HCSB)
Observation
God
is a Big Gift Giver. He is the Biggest and Best Gift Giver!
He
wants to gift everyone of us with Eternal Life. He sent His Son Jesus
Christ to this Earth to sacrifice His life on a cross to pay the
price for that Gift. It is an offer to each and everyone of us and it
is up to us to receive His Gift.
He
also gifts us with a spouse, at least from what we read in Proverbs
19:14 we know that He can gift a guy an understanding wife.
And
I know from personal experience that this verse is very true. God
gave me a great gift 48 years ago when He gave me Kathy to be my
wife!
It
looks like to me from verses 13&14 that a wife can be either
quarrelsome or understanding.
And
men, before we enjoy these verses too much, we need to realize that
we can be either quarrelsome or understanding with our spouse too!
The
real warning to us men is found in verse 13 where Solomon warns us
that a foolish ... a stupid son destroys his father.
Application
I
will treat my wife like she is a gift from God because that is
exactly what she is. How about you? How are you treating your spouse?
Don't have a spouse then how are you treating those closest to you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, don't let me be a quarrelsome husband. Give me an
understanding heart. Thank You for giving me my spouse. She is the
best gift that You could have ever given me. You helped me to marry
way over my head. I pray for couples that are struggling in their
relationship with each other. Help each one of them to be
understanding. Help me not to nag at Kathy. Show me how to build her
up and show me how to help her to be all that You want her to be.
Daily
Bible Reading: Genesis 47,48; Psalms 10; I added Luke 19; Psalm 19,
Psalm 139; Proverbs 19
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