Husbands honor your wife

Well, husbands and gentlemen. Yesterday was a romantic holiday. An opportunity to show your loved one that you do care and love her. Hopefully, that information is not causing you to panic or understand why your spouse did not talk to you last night or yesterday. All kidding aside, there is an idea or cliche that men need reminders often. Especially when it comes to honoring their spouse. Maybe this does not apply to you men reading this, and maybe the women reading it are thinking positively about their husband.

Christian husbands should not need a special day to honor their brides. The bible teaches that Christian husbands are to cherish, honor, protect, provide for, and respect their wives (see 1 Peter 3:7).

If it takes a special day for a Christian’s wife to feel special, well, husband you have some work to do.

This is not meant to beat up on the husband. The wife has a responsibility to her husband as much as the husband does to her. Christian marriages should be a shining example of how to navigate the intricacies of the relationship.

What is the key? Connection. If both the husband and wife are connected to God in Christ first, then the connection between the two of them will be strengthened. They will not make anything about themselves, but about each other and the God of Heaven in Christ. This will be a sound foundation upon which to build their marital relationship,

Might I suggest that each of us look at our relationship as a four legged stool. The top is marriage. The four legs are God, attention, communication, and affection. When all the stool’s legs are being properly built and maintained, then the marriage is strong. Making these aspects of the relationship a priority will pay dividends in how connected a couple can be. May we all seek to have a right relationship with God in Christ first, then develop and maintain all other relationships based on that relationship.