As the days go by, I am hearing more and more of marriages in trouble or deteriorating. Our society has so inundated the church that Christians have the same divorce rate as non-Christians. What are we thinking? Is the world around us so important that we have to follow after it's ways to the detriment of our marriages, families and witness. Until Christians do the hard work of turning back to Scripture for answers we will continue the downward spiral of our society. Psychology or popular culture must not dictate how we run our homes. Dr. Phil nor Dr. Spock have the credentials for building our marriages or raising our children. The Scripture is sufficient for building up your family and healing brokenness.
Ladies, look at I Peter 3 for help with wayward husbands. If you are wondering what your role in marriage is look at Titus chapter 2, then center your life's work around that. Ephesians 5 is foundational to your marriage as you seek to follow after God. As we love the Lord our God with all our heart, then we will be able to love our neighbors as ourselves. And if you have a neighbor who is closer than your husband, then you need to move. Now that we are on that subject, let's talk about our "neighbor." If you are married or plan to be married, your most important relationship is with your husband -not -your mother, sister, aunt, friend, neighbor, co-worker, children, dog, horse, etc... you get the point.
If you have something to say or do, think to yourself, before acting, "How does this affect my relationship with my husband?" Does your tone of voice or the words you say give the wrong impression? Our husbands were given to us by God and He has commanded we respect them. No where in Scripture is there the option out if they aren't respectful. I know there are plenty of circumstances that can come along and any of us could think that our situation is different, but God said, "...let the wife see to it that she respect her husband." Let's be a part of the change in culture to follow after God by loving our husbands with a I Corinthians 13 kind of love.
1 comment:
Lori,
As I read this I thought to myself, Why are marriages troubled? What seems to be the problems most face. Marriages are in trouble when one forgets Who they are to obey. We have fallen so short of what God calls us to be as wives and husbands. You are so right to say that we need to turn back to the Word and find out what our Creator has to say. I am so grateful for the Word of God! He loves us so much that He even tells us how to do that which He calls us to do and even gives us the ability to obey through the power of His indwelling Holy Spirit.
Pam
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