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.
I and my wife are coming on our 30th next year too. We have a son with ASD if you are referring to Autism Spectrum Disorder, too many abbreviations to remember.
I have a Sister in Christ in the UK and I watch what is happening there it is sheer madness with the pronoun training and shutting down Easter at a school. The Lord found my wife for me. Our son is fortunately not really bad with his ASD but it sure can be trying.
May The Good Lord Protect You and Your Family Carrie!
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.
Yep, He knows women better than most men do. I'm a female, but I see these insane narcissistic women on YouTube that end up going to jail when all the policeman was doing is escorting them out of a store or restaurant and the cop ends up cuffing them and they flop around like fish out of water when they get cuffed and add more drama and fines to their case. It's a crazy world out there. It's incontinence that is mentioned in the Bible. They can't control themselves.
LOL! I know there are Kevin's, but I think the Karen's outnumber the Kevin's (at least on YouTube that I see). You better watch it, buster, or I'll turn into a Karen. LOL, just kidding. That would be too much effort for me to go through some of their shenanigans and then getting arrested for acting like a fool.
They likely do outnumber them, and it seems that because they themselves are a miserable mess they have to try to make as many just as miserable as they are.
LOL! It's not that easy over here. She stirs the cauldron and comes up with another court case. Her partner (Satan) come up with things you'd never think of.
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.
Very well said. I just reposted a sermon yesterday that touched on what you have described.
https://thewinepress.substack.com/p/why-the-elites-dont-want-us-having
Well Said!
I and my wife are coming on our 30th next year too. We have a son with ASD if you are referring to Autism Spectrum Disorder, too many abbreviations to remember.
I have a Sister in Christ in the UK and I watch what is happening there it is sheer madness with the pronoun training and shutting down Easter at a school. The Lord found my wife for me. Our son is fortunately not really bad with his ASD but it sure can be trying.
May The Good Lord Protect You and Your Family Carrie!
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.
Proverbs 9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Well said!
INDEED!
Yep, He knows women better than most men do. I'm a female, but I see these insane narcissistic women on YouTube that end up going to jail when all the policeman was doing is escorting them out of a store or restaurant and the cop ends up cuffing them and they flop around like fish out of water when they get cuffed and add more drama and fines to their case. It's a crazy world out there. It's incontinence that is mentioned in the Bible. They can't control themselves.
Hi Char!
Let us not just put these issues on the ladies, there are male versions too ( Kevins? )
God Bless You Char!
LOL! I know there are Kevin's, but I think the Karen's outnumber the Kevin's (at least on YouTube that I see). You better watch it, buster, or I'll turn into a Karen. LOL, just kidding. That would be too much effort for me to go through some of their shenanigans and then getting arrested for acting like a fool.
They likely do outnumber them, and it seems that because they themselves are a miserable mess they have to try to make as many just as miserable as they are.
Make me a Karen will you??? LOL!
I will turn you into a Char!
😂🙏😇
Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Proverbs 21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
God made that perfectly clear, stay away from Karen's
And Lizz's (you know who I mean) She always comes to my mind when I read these verses. lol
Shhhhh!!!!
I have cleansed my mind of that calamity Jane.
My eyes!!!!!! LOL!
LOL! It's not that easy over here. She stirs the cauldron and comes up with another court case. Her partner (Satan) come up with things you'd never think of.