Day 36: Husbands Love Your Wives
Read: Ephesians 5:25 - 33
I would like to turn our thoughts today to the subject of Christian
marriage and in particular how the relationship of marriage parallels
our relationship to Christ. But before we go there, I thought you would
enjoy these tidbits of wisdom from some rather intuitive young children
(collected from the internet) concerning marriage: The children were
asked: “How Do You Decide Who To Marry?” A ten year old boy said this:
"You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like
sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the
chips and dip coming." A ten year old girl said this: No person really
decides that one, God decides it all way."
I want you to close
your eyes for a minute. I want you to see, remember and reflect on what
picture comes into your mind. Husbands, As much as you are able to, I am
asking you to return to that moment when you were looking at your Bride
to be and heard these words from the Minister or the Justice of the
Peace: "I, (name), do take you, (name), to be my wedded wife, to have
and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse; for richer,
for poorer; in sickness and in health; to love and to cherish, so long
as we both shall live." Now, wives, it is your turn to close your eyes. What were you feeling when you heard these words spoken and then repeated them?
You probably saw your wedding day if you are married. That is a day that you took on entirely new roles in your lives, roles that you did not have before
that day, the roles of husband and wife. If you are in the midst of
planning for your own special day of standing in the presence of Father
Son and Holy Spirit, and a great cloud of many invited witnesses, you
are both preparing yourselves, in body, mind and spirit for a
prayerfully long, long lifetime of covenant commitment to each other and
to God. It would be time extraordinarily well spent for each of you
soon to be married people to look into each others' eyes and hearts
praying, receiving your share of Jesus' love.
'25 Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for
her, 26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of
water by the word, 27 so as to present the church to himself in
splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind—yes, so that
she may be holy and without blemish.'
Paul, having just
finished discussing the role of the wife, now turns to the role of the
husband. He begins with this command. Ephesians 5:25a 'Husbands, love
your wives,' We hear and say those words often, but what do they
mean? Does it mean that we should conjure up strong feelings for your
wife? Buy them some chocolate Let them watch their favorite TV show Do
only what they want? Husbands and soon to become husbands: What should or does loving your wife look like in real life? What's your own heart borne heaven sent vision and life experience saying to you right
now husbands to be? What should covenanting your life long love for your
wife look like for your life?
Let Us Pray: Creator God, a long
time ago, you breathed life into man. At a time of Your choosing, in
one of the greatest expressions of the love You felt for us all, You
caused a great slumber to come upon Man taking from him a small piece of
himself that he should have a soul mate that by Your own divine
covenant should forever live together as husband and wife. To love each
other for all time as You first loved them. Help us be for each other today as we were then, when we first stood before You.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FULXLzn4Gl0
Love of My Life - The Wedding Song
www.youtube.com
DOWNLOAD THIS SONG at DarlaDay.net: http://www.DarlaDay.net/Wedding_Song/WeddingSong-Main.html The Perfect Wedding
Read: Ephesians 5:25 - 33
I would like to turn our thoughts today to the subject of Christian marriage and in particular how the relationship of marriage parallels our relationship to Christ. But before we go there, I thought you would enjoy these tidbits of wisdom from some rather intuitive young children (collected from the internet) concerning marriage: The children were asked: “How Do You Decide Who To Marry?” A ten year old boy said this: "You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming." A ten year old girl said this: No person really decides that one, God decides it all way."
I want you to close your eyes for a minute. I want you to see, remember and reflect on what picture comes into your mind. Husbands, As much as you are able to, I am asking you to return to that moment when you were looking at your Bride to be and heard these words from the Minister or the Justice of the Peace: "I, (name), do take you, (name), to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; to love and to cherish, so long as we both shall live." Now, wives, it is your turn to close your eyes. What were you feeling when you heard these words spoken and then repeated them?
You probably saw your wedding day if you are married. That is a day that you took on entirely new roles in your lives, roles that you did not have before that day, the roles of husband and wife. If you are in the midst of planning for your own special day of standing in the presence of Father Son and Holy Spirit, and a great cloud of many invited witnesses, you are both preparing yourselves, in body, mind and spirit for a prayerfully long, long lifetime of covenant commitment to each other and to God. It would be time extraordinarily well spent for each of you soon to be married people to look into each others' eyes and hearts praying, receiving your share of Jesus' love.
'25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word, 27 so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind—yes, so that she may be holy and without blemish.'
Paul, having just finished discussing the role of the wife, now turns to the role of the husband. He begins with this command. Ephesians 5:25a 'Husbands, love your wives,' We hear and say those words often, but what do they mean? Does it mean that we should conjure up strong feelings for your wife? Buy them some chocolate Let them watch their favorite TV show Do only what they want? Husbands and soon to become husbands: What should or does loving your wife look like in real life? What's your own heart borne heaven sent vision and life experience saying to you right now husbands to be? What should covenanting your life long love for your wife look like for your life?
Let Us Pray: Creator God, a long time ago, you breathed life into man. At a time of Your choosing, in one of the greatest expressions of the love You felt for us all, You caused a great slumber to come upon Man taking from him a small piece of himself that he should have a soul mate that by Your own divine covenant should forever live together as husband and wife. To love each other for all time as You first loved them. Help us be for each other today as we were then, when we first stood before You.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FULXLzn4Gl0
Love of My Life - The Wedding Song
www.youtube.com
DOWNLOAD THIS SONG at DarlaDay.net: http://www.DarlaDay.net/Wedding_Song/WeddingSong-Main.html The Perfect Wedding
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