for the wives
Ok, so today I started reading “A Wife after God’s Own Heart” by Elizabeth George. I have really loved how she writes. She is so real, so honest and so transparent and I love that. So of course, the book is going to open with some of the basics of making your marriage better (that we ALL probably know by heart!). Following God is number one, and as wives, we know that the Bible has very clear instructions on how we, as wives, are supposed to treat and respond to our husbands. She came up with a pretty cute way of rememering them, and it is an acrostic for WIFE:
W: Warm up his life with your love
I: Improve his life as a helper
F: Follow his leadership with a willing heart
E: Esteem him highly with utmost respect
This simple acrostic covers all areas that we as wives are supposed to do. . .LOVE, HELP, SUBMIT TO and RESPECT our husbands. Now, I will be the first to admit I am not always the greatest at these things. I nitpick, nag, complain, whine, criticize, interupt, talk harshly to and sometimes DISrespect Andrew. I love him dearly, so why do I do these things? Well, fellow wives, we are human, we are sinners. We ALL need remdining on how to be better BIBLICAL wives from time to time. I am really looking forward to this book and I will be sharing little things with you along the way. If you have never read her first book “A Woman After God’s Own Heart” I suggest you read it. I gives wonderful basics to being a woman after God’s own heart, which will ultimately lead you to being a wife after God’s own heart, then a mother after God’s own heart (which I will be reading next) YAY! I am going to close with a verse. It is a verse about working together as a team. . .because that is what marriage is! Teamwork!
“two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Are we, as wives, being this for our husbands? Are we there to lift him up and be his companion, or do we tear them down? I challenge you today, even those not married yet, for this day will come, to think of ways to be a companion, a help-mate, for your husband today. . .myself included. We all get busy with our own lives, schedules, and wants, but we are never to neglect our husbands. God bless!
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