God's Greatest Creation

A few weeks ago, I wrote a devotion that was entitled, “Regarding Your Marriage’ that spoke directly to the husbands. Its primary focus was on telling men to love their wives unconditionally and to be prepared to sacrifice to insure that in all things, Christ would be honored…..

Ladies, now it’s your turn…..

Yesterday, while listening to a speaker on Focus on the Family talk about his new book that deals with the broken and battered soul/psyche of today’s male, I realized how thankful I am that I did not fit that category. You see he believes, and studies show, that men in America, as well as around the world, have often been emasculated by the culture that now says there is no difference in the male and female…all are equal in the sight of the intellectual elite. But, that’s not what God’s word says. In the very beginnings of Genesis, scripture says, “And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This is at last bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife …and they shall become one flesh.”

A woman is taken out of man, created as a helpmate …the crown of man’s glory as cited in Proverbs12:4, “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.” Surely, if a man is to have a crown, then he should be treated, loved and respected as the “king of his castle” and the ruler of his home….but, in how many homes does this really take place?

God has ordained the man to be the head of the house, but too often that position has been relinquished or even worse, wrestled away….and that’s where we begin to see the demise of the family unit as divorce, abandoned children and often, spousal and child abuse begin to occur. Too often a disrespected husband will lash out and try to regain control, power and respect; unfortunately, he will go about it in the wrong way and that only makes life in the home worse.

Today, what’s the climate in your home with regard to respect and admiration for the head of your family…..does he know that in your eyes, he can do no wrong; but if he should, he will still find that there is love, support, compassion, forgiveness and understanding? Is his crown secure as the “king” of your family or is there a constant battle of wills that keeps your home in perpetual turmoil? Does he identify with Proverbs 31:10-12 that asks, “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not harm, all the days of her life.”

Are you treating the man that God has ordained as your spouse with the love and respect that is due him.... or with the love and respect that you feel he has earned? God tells you to love and submit to your husband…. for he is to love you as Christ loves His church.

If things have been somewhat amiss in your family setting, try this…love your husband unconditionally and treat him as you would royalty….for in this act of submission, your husband will see the Savior’s love shining through in all you do and he will know that he is blessed with one of the rarest and most priceless gems in the world….A GODLY WIFE!


Loving my gem….forever and a day,
WPQ


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY…By Maya Angelou

A women’s heart should be so hidden in Christ
that a man should have
to seek Him first to find her.