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Carrie's avatar

Next year my husband and I will have been married 30 years and for 26 years have had to care for a son with ASD as well as our own ill-health and rejection by loved ones who are not yet believers. I’d like to refer to Ephesians 5 v 21-33 which describes how husbands and wives are to conduct themselves towards each other. Although requirements of wives are stated first (v22-25) the rest (28-33) is given over to the requirements placed on husbands and this is both higher and more challenging. The husband is to love his wife and sacrifice himself on her behalf which is harder than reverencing and submission. If done well by the husband the wife (if in right relationship with the Lord herself) will hardly be able to stop herself in the face of such love. It helps if the couple allow the Lord to bring them together too. My husband and I are not perfect but he does his part so well my part is made easier. We both mess up and make mistakes and step out of line but we keep short accounts with the Lord and each other and prioritise our marriage over everything other than the Lord. I am not posting in order to boast about our marriage but rather urge Christian men and women to firstly let the Lord choose your spouse for you, then put Him firmly in charge of the marriage and don’t focus on what you expect from the other person but what you want to be like to them to honour the Lord. We need to not bury our heads in the sand and be aware of the state of the world but also know when to come aside from it all in prayer and rest as dwelling too much on the negativity of things you have no power over causes stress and depletion. Returning to the Word daily, living by it, praying about everything and trusting in the love, goodness, faithfulness and righteousness of the Lord (after He has already given us everything by sacrificing Himself and dying in our place) is the only way to get through the coming days. I have never commented on here before and rarely do anywhere online but I want to encourage others that God-honouring marriage is possible - even here in the UK.

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Char's avatar

My DIL and I were just discussing that we noticed how many women are turning into "Karen's" everywhere. They attack the police physically, scream at them if they are told what to do and just won't listen to any rules anymore, although it can be entertaining to watch them on YouTube. lol It's disgusting to see them acting up in restaurants, stores, traffic and everywhere. They are NOT taking orders from anyone anymore. Sad world. I pity the husbands of these women.

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