Most wives believe they know more than their husbands and that they are much better than them. We don't have that powerful sex drive like they do, therefore, we don't struggle with lust like they do. We don't sit on the couch all evening watching TV or playing video games. We are much more spiritual than they are since we have regular devotions, go to more bible studies, and are much more involved in church activities.
Men, after all, are just boys in men's bodies. They really never grow up. We are so much smarter and more intelligent than them. Bring it on feminism! Down with masculinity. I am sure there would be world peace and no more wars if women ruled the world.
Admit it. We all have some feminist qualities in us. Most of us truly think women are better than men. This, my dear friends, is why we have a very difficult time truly respecting our husbands. Bottom line, we think we are better human beings than them.
The great problem with this thinking...PRIDE! Why is it so easy to think this way? We are not taking our thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. He commands we reverence our husbands. Love always thinks and believes the best of others but we are terrible about doing this with the one person we are to love the most.
Let me list the good things about men now. We wouldn't have homes, buildings, cars, ovens, freeways, planes, telephones, printing presses, wood floors, etc. without men...oh, maybe they aren't so bad. We wouldn't have men to hunt and farm food for us and use their physical power for good things, like protecting us from harm. These are a lot of things to be thankful for men.
Your husband deserves your respect because the God who created you tells you to respect him. God never wants you, even for a moment, to think you are better than your husband. He never wants you to think more highly of yourself than you ought or to think negatively about or criticize your husband.
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths,
but only such as is good for building up,
as fits the occasion,
that it may give grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 4:29
but only such as is good for building up,
as fits the occasion,
that it may give grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 4:29
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Kim · 574 weeks ago
Helen · 574 weeks ago
Blessings
Helen UK
Tiffany · 574 weeks ago
Cabinetman · 574 weeks ago
Loving been his wife · 574 weeks ago
However I think it is equally sad that some men think that they are better than women.
God created us equal Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
I do believe that we are equal in God's sight; however we do have different roles both equally important as the other no one is above anyone.
Buddy Federer · 574 weeks ago
Lady Virtue · 574 weeks ago
Even as far back as the '80s, I gradually noticed the poor portrayals of men on television. It's one of several reasons I stopped watching. GBH has his faults, but his strengths also, and that is where I need to put my focus.
Buddy Federer · 574 weeks ago
Ken · 574 weeks ago
I wonder if because such nurturing values are esteemed above values men have to offer, that this is not why many wives struggle to appreciate the many sacrifices a husband often makes so that the wife and family can be well provided for. Take for instance the wife who laments that her husband is working his brains out on heavy work or travel, and she loves the benefits of the home and cars they are able to afford, she insists on sending her children to private schools, she wants certain niceties in life, yet she resents her husband's travel. "If he just did not have such an ego he would be a better husband."
In reality the husband may have a different set of goals with his protective nature wanting to put some money away for a rainy day, invest and eventually get off the tread mil. Most men instinctively know that they need get the family secure financially in their early years when they have the stamina to work hard, instead of waiting until they feel they are on a treadmill they can never get off.
Moderation and balance in life is important, and we as husbands cannot leave all the nurturing and relationships to our wives. We have a responsibility to insure we are truly a big part of the family and that our children love the years we spent with them growing up, even if it had to be only half the year at times. I spent lots of extra time when home with the kids and coaching their sports, or just playing. But certainly there were lots of sacrifices where even the kids now get to share now in the benefits. Appreciating each other for what we each bring to the relationship is vital to insure a happy marriage and family.
Men and women bring equally necessary but different things to a relationship, and both are just as important to create a godly marriage and family.
"We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to complain, but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.” ― Dennis Prager
Courtney · 574 weeks ago
This has me curious :) ... how would you advise a wife whose husband didn't have very many traditionally masculine qualities, and she was struggling to respect him? Like if he was more of a nurturer than a provider, she was physically stronger, he was a better cook, etc?
Lyli @3-D Lessons · 574 weeks ago
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