Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today- October 24, 2011
“Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up… an unloved woman who is married.” Proverbs 30:21, 23a
What does a woman long for from her husband? Simply love. A husband’s love is like a fresh breath from heaven for a wife who feels vulnerable and at times fearful. His love is a rock of refuge after she reels from a relational conflict at work, church, or from another family member. The love of her husband goes a long way in satisfying that deep desire of a woman to love and be loved.
“His banner over me is love” (Song of Solomon 2:4b).
Husbands, a gracious woman is not to be taken advantage of or to be taken for granted. Instead, thank God for a wife who wants to please the Lord and serve her family. When was the last time you loved your bride in a way that she wants you to love her, in a way that only you can love her?
Have you asked her lately how she needs to feel loved by you?
Outside of Christ’s love, your love is the most meaningful, valuable, and satisfying to your spouse. She needs to know that all of you belongs to her and all of her belongs to you. There is never a place for a feeling of competition between your wife and another woman. Dismiss this danger at the outset. Make your wife feel the fidelity of a “one-woman man.” You desire no other.
“My lover is mine and I am his” (Song of Solomon 2:16a).
Where can you learn to love your wife? Ask her. Learn from her, for this is her natural disposition. Seek out men who love their wives well and gain insights from them. Ask God. He is the Lord of love and Lord over your marriage. Go to the source of love, your Savior Jesus, and He will instruct you in the way you can love your wife unconditionally.
By God’s grace, love her by protecting her. Love her by trusting her. Love her by giving her encouragement and hope. And always love her through the good times and the bad times. Love her with your words, love her with your time and love her with gifts and kind words. A wife loved well by her husband is beautiful to behold—she is a trophy of God’s grace.
“It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres” (1 Corinthians 13:7).
How does my wife want me to love her? How does God want me to love my wife?
Related Readings: Ecclesiastes 9:9; Hosea 3:1; 1 Corinthians 13; Ephesians 5:25-26
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Boyd,
After comments made this last weekend, your devotional could not have been more timely. Amazing how God can stir us to act when we are led. Thank you for being stirred and acting.
God bless,
Bruce
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Bruce and Billy thank you and yes God’s timing could not have been more perfect.
Have a blessed week and marriage!
A servant in Christ,
Boyd