There Is A Book In CirculatiOn Entitled What Men KnOw About WOmen.
It's Pages Are All Blank! We Have Often Heard SOme Frustrated Male
Sigh, "I'll Never Be Able To Understand WOmen." Yet The ApOstle Peter
Said, "Ye Husbands, Dwell With Them AccOrding To KnOwledge." This Is A
MOst Amazing ParadOx.
GOD Tells Men To Dwell With Their Wives AccOrding To KnOwledge-And
Understanding Of Their Basic Nature And Needs-But MOst Men KnOw Very
Little About The Makeup And Mechanism Of The Female Of The Species.
COuld This Be One Of The ReasOns Why So Many Marriages Are
FlOundering?
If GOd Says That Men Are To Live With Their Wives AccOrding To
KnOwlege, Then ObviOusly They Can KnOw SOmethng AbOut Them, POpular
OpiniOn NOtwithstanding! The First Thing They Need To KnOw Is Stated
In The VERY Verse We Have Just QuOted : " Giving HOnOur Unto The Wife,
As Unto A Weaker Vessel. That DOesn't Mean She Is Mentally, Morally,
Or Spiritually InferiOr, But May Be Less Susceptible To Disease And
MAy Even Have A LOnger Life Span Than The MAN, But The Fact Remains
That She Is NOt As Large Or As StrOng Physically. GOD Made Her That
Way With The Intent That The Weaker WOuld Depend On The StrOnger .
Because The Wife Is Physically Weaker, She Depends On Her Husband FOr
PrOvisiOn And PrOtectiOn. While She's Especially Adapted By GOD To
Bear Children And To PrOvide Them With The Warm AffectiOn And Tender
Care Which They Need. HOwever, The Very Equipment Which GOD Gave Her
To Assume That ROle Is Likewise The Cause Of A SecOnd Area Of
Weakness-Her EmOtiOns. A WOman Must SOmetimes Struggle With Sudden And
Unexplainable Changes In Mood.
These Are Chemically Precipitated By HOrmOnes Which FOrm Part Of Her
ReprOductive Capacity. This EmOtiOnal Vulnerability Makes Her
Especially Dependent On The Man GOd Gives Her. It Seems To Be The
Underlying Idea In GOD's WOrds To Eve: "YOu Shall WelcOme YOur
Husband's AffectiOns."
GOD Wants Us Husband To "Dwell With Them AccOrding To KnOwledge," Then
Act On The Basis Of That KnOwledge, "Giving HOnOur Unto The Wife, As
Unto The Weaker Vessel." The GOD Who Created These TremendOus
EmOtiOnal Needs In WOmen Intends That Husbands ShOuld Meet Them.
HOW CAN ANY MAN SATISFY A WOMAN's BASIC NEEDS?
This May SOund Like A GrOss Over SimplificatiOn, But One Little
FOur-Letter WOrd Is Actually The COmplete Answer To This Entire
COmplex PrOblem. The Husband's Primary RespOnsibility In A Christian
Marriage Is To LOve YOur Wives, Even As Christ Also LOved The Church
And Gave Himself FOr It."
Husbands ShOuld [LOVE] Their Wives... As Part Of Themselves." "A Man
Must LOve His Wife As A Part Of Himself." YOu Husbands Must Be LOving
And Kind To YOur Wives, And NOt Bitter Against Them." All Of These
Verses Require Agape, That Highest Level Of LOve That Keeps On Giving
Even When It Gets NOthing In Return And Seeks Only Good FOr The One
LOved Regardless Of The PersOnal COst Or Sacrifice.
This Gives An Entirely New Meaning To The Misunderstood DOctrine Of
Male Headship. Headship Is NOt SOme Masculine DOctorine Cleverly
Designed To BOlster The Husband's Sagging Ego. Headship InvOlves The
Husband's SOlemn ObligatiOn To Establish An AtmOsphere Of LOve In
Which The Basic Needs Of His Wife Are Fulfilled-An EnvirOnment In
Which She Is Free To GrOw And DevelOp Into All Tgat GOd Wants Her To
Be. Her SubmissiOn Will Then Be The VOluntary RespOnse To His LOving
Leadership.
The Key WOrd Here Is RespOnse. The WOman Is A RespOnder. This Is The
ObviOus ROle Of SOmeOne WhO Depends On AnOther PersOn. FlOwers Depend
On Sunshine And Rain; When They Get It, They RespOnd By BlOssOming
Into GOrgeOus Beauty.
This Is HOw GOd Made A WOman Too. She RespOnds To What She Receives.
If She Receives Irritability, Criticism, DisapprOval, Unkindness,
Indifference, Lack Of AppreciatiOn, Or Lack Of AffectiOn, She Will
RespOnd With A Defense Mechanism, Such As Bitterness, Coolness,
Defiance, oR Nagging. SOme WOmen Turn To Drinking Or Submerge
Themselves In SOcial Activities.
But If The WOman Receives LOve, She Will RespOnd With LOve, And Will
BlossOm Into The MOst Beautiful Creature Under GOd's Heaven. When A
Man Claims That His Wife DOesn't LOve Him AnymOre He Is Unwittingly
Admitting That He Hasn't LOved Her As He ShOuld Have. If He Had, She
WOuld MOst Likely Have RespOnded With LOve In Return.
A Man Gets FrOm His Wife What He Invests In Her. He CannOt FOrce Her
To LOve Him, But He Can ShOw LOve To Her And EnjOy Her LOving
RespOnse. Thus The ResPOnsibility FOr A Successful Marriage Rests
Initially With The Husband. He Makes The First MOve-That Of LOving His
Wife With The Totally Unselfish LOve Of Jesus Christ.
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