Woman have a unique role as a helpmate, but are also meant to display the glory of God. A woman Is a gift to her husband, and he is to protect, love, and provide for her. A wife is to submit to her hubby (not to all men). To submit is to lower self to make more for someone else. As a wife, we are to be our husband’s number one encourager. He needs our respect, and what we say has great power. When Joby preaches, he doesn’t ask the elders or parishioners how he did, but he said most important are the words his wife says. We don’t realize how much our words impact our husbands: we are either a lift to him, bringing encouragement, or a lid that holds him back.
Hopefully, our husbands can trust in us and that we are supportive, and not one to expose all of their weaknesses. We are not to be nagging or think our husbands should be the answer to all our insecurities. We are not to compare ourselves with other women, and it doesn’t matter what is important in the eyes of the world like certain labels, a certain look, or having the latest things. We are to rest in God’s finished work in us, for our security is in the Lord, not in comparisons with others.
For both husbands and wives, we are not to keep score, but to forgive again and again. Love never quits and says it is not all about me, but to walk the way of His love that is patient, kind and loving.
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