Week Thirteen

 
  The first time in creation that God said that something was NOT good was when God saw the loneliness of Adam, the man He had created. God immediately created woman, a help meet for Adam, a wife for Adam, a person who not only completed Adam, but a woman who found her completion in Adam. A woman that made it possble for Adam to be the person God cleated him to be, and discovered that she could only be the person God created her to be when she was with Adam. didn't diminish Eve in any way, if anything, it raised her value. Adam and God needed her. And our world, and our God, still needs women of faith. The writer of Proverbs said, "He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord."

  Turning back to Ephesians 5, we read again in verse 24, "Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything." and in verse 33, "....and let the wife see that she respects her husband." Ladies, I know that many of you would take White-Out to the Bible and remove these verses if you could, but I think that we have come at these verses from the wrong perspective for two long. (I know what you are thinking &-"That's easy to say, you're a man'.)

  I believe that wives have been expected to carry responsibilities that have been unfairly 'dumped' on them by their husbands for too long. No where in the scriptures does it say that the only role for the husband is 'Bread winner'. No where does it say that the husband can come home from worky hand over his check, and expect his wife to take care of the family finances, the upkeep of the house, the raising of the children, the shopping for food, the preparing of meals, the laundry, the cleaning, taking the children to church, making sure they get to school (on time, dressed well, and prepared), meet with the teachers, tuck the kids in at night, and then look fresh and enticing just in case the husband happens to fell 'feisty' that night. Submit? Most wives want to surrender and quit just to get some well-earned and much needed rest.

  Truth be told, most wives would gladly submit if their husbands would be Biblical husbands. I think most wives would love to follow their husband's leadership, not blindly, but faithfully, if he would just lead, but most recliners are 'one-seaters' and it's difficult to follow him when that's the only place he's usually headed.
 
  Ladies, in a spirit of meekness and gentleness, hang this scripture reference over your kitchen sink, '6. ,as a man wipes a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down." 2 Kings 21.4 13b. (Just don't let him learn with your good china!) Seriously wives
EXPECT your husbands to be the head of your home and family, give them opportunities to lead and when they do, graciously follow, respect your husbands even when they don't deserve it, and soon they will be the man they are called to be, and you can be the woman you were created to be. Men, it's time to get on our knees and seek the forgiveness of both the Lord and our wives for expecting them to fulfill their role and most of ours, Husbands, you will never be happier than your wife is, so focus on meeting her needs and you will discover that you are happier than you have ever been.



                                      Blessings Prayers and Love,
                                             Bro Tom and Sister Sue