Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Ephesians 5:25
Now I know what you're thinking, "oh great hes going to tell us what a perfect relationship he has with Jami." Well....yeah.. the only difference is that God revealed to me that we don't have a perfect relationship in the worlds standards but in Spiritual Biblical standards. And I can also admit that we still have Biblical growing up to do as we are being made perfect.
We get into arguments like any other couple, like I said we are far from the worlds knowledge of a perfect couple but when it comes to Biblical this is what I mean. I love the fact that we do argue and we do fight. I love that fact that she worries constantly and I dont worry at all. I love the fact that she loves me in all my faults and I love her in all her faults. I love the fact that when we do fight we sometimes do go to bed angry. The fact is in all of our faults I love her unconditionally and I believe that's how God is with us.
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. Luke 5:32
We see constantly in the Bible how God shows mercy, grace, and love to the most sinful of people. The fact is that me and Jami are far from perfect. We are just two completely broken (even if it is hard to admit it) crazy, out of line goofballs who are always in need of God's and each others love, mercy, and forgiveness.
Jesus tells us to love our wives as he loves the church. No you most likely wont always be happy, but thats human, and if you are a Christian you've already made the decision that you are dead already and you are living in Christ. So as husbands we need to always strive to make our wives happy, as when pastors strive to keep the church happy. Yes youll have disagreements and arguments but in the end it will all be worth it.
(I was not trying to boast or seem proud in this article. I am simply showing that without God we can't make it. I am showing that God is our strength and in that I am boasting of my weakness. I apologize if anyone has taken this as me being proud or boasting.)
the analogy of husband making wife happy compared to pastor making church happy is not a good one for these reasons 1) It is impossible for a pastor to keep the people in his church happy thus it is impossible for a husband to keep his wife happy 2) Many pastors have resigned/left the church/committed suicide etc by being worn out trying to keep church people happy. Thus the husband can leave etc. by being worn out in trying to please his wife 3) Jesus died to make us holy not happy
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I sont agree with number 2 simply because, yes the husband CAN leave but biblical stand point that would not be right to leave because he was worn out in trying to keep his wife happy. And yeah i figured i rambled on a little much in this post.
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