My time this morning is limited, as I have a full day ahead of me (when don't I?), but I could not let the day go by without sharing this with you.
Titus 2:4 says, "That they may teach the young woman to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children..."
The love in this verse is phileo, meaning friendship love - a love that cherishes, enjoys, and likes our husband. We are to value him and build a friendship with him. We should see our husband as our best friend and want to be with him more than any other person.
I am not saying that I have a problem with making my husband my best friend. He is my best friend. The above is from part of my devotions this morning. (Yes, I've finished the chapter on Submission and am now on to "A Heart That Loves".) The thing I wanted to share with you today was the following, by Elizabeth George.
"How can a wife nurture a heart of love, a heart prepared to support her husband in practical ways, "until death do us part"?
Decide to make your husband your number one relationship! Our relationship with our husband is meeant to be more important that the relationships we enjoy with our parents, friends, a good neighbor, a brother or sister, a best friend, and even our children - and the way we use our time should reflect that rank ordering!"
May you all have a blessed day, and to any wives reading this, I encourage you to ask yourself throughout the day if you're making your husband your number one relationship. Who are you eargerly sharing things with? That's what I'll be asking myself today.
5 comments:
I know that I had to wean myself from going to my "girlfriends" before going to my husband. To go along with that---am I going to my Lord first of all? It is good to think on these things and pray over them so that our minds can be renewed!! Even after 24 years of marriage.
Mom
So true!!!
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Brian
So true, Kelley!! It reminded me of what J.R. Miller says,
"As a relationship it is the closest and most sacred on earth. The relation of parent and child is very close. Children are taught in all the Scriptures to honor their parents, to revere them, to cleave to them, to brighten and bless their lives in every possible way. Yet the marriage relation is put above the filial, for a man is to leave his father and his mother, give up his old home with all its sacred ties and memories, and cleave to his wife. After marriage a husband’s first and highest duties are to his wife, and a wife’s to her husband. The two are to live for each other. Life is to be lost for life. Every other interest is thenceforward secondary to the home interest."
How vital it is for a husband and wife to have this understanding. To be the bestest of friends!!
The quote is taken from a book titled "Home-Making". You can read the whole book online for free here: (http://home-making.jr-miller.com/). It is all really good!!
Thanks for sharing, Shayna. I'll definately have to look up that book! :)
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