A WORD TO THE WIVES IS SUFFICIENT!

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A WORD TO THE WIVES IS SUFFICIENT!

"Teach the young women to be sober-minded, to love their husbands... to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed" (Titus 2:4,5).

FEMALE EXPRESSION -- A man, too, needs understanding. Never forget the all-too tragic ploy, "My wife doesn't understand me." The wife must balance her feminine approach to love with that of her husband's masculine drive for sexual fulfillment.

Although important to him, the husband does not require the verbal and seemingly incidental expressions of love that the wife's nature demands--he derives little or no sexual satisfaction thereby. She must remember that the maleness of his make-up requires actual and consistent sexual fulfillment.

MUTUAL FULFILLMENT -- Like Dr. Freud, neither is Dr. George Crane (of Worry Clinic newspaper column) totally wrong! The non-verbal husband needs nurturing rather than nagging. The wife cannot wrest from him that which she so badly wants and needs. But she can do much to help him share his love for her verbally as well as materially and physically. And this might well include her going on that badly needed diet!

When the husband learns the secret of verbal expression the wife will blossom to the place of loving fulfillment of his basic need. The result will inevitably be mutual satisfaction with spiritual, mental, and physical well-being enough for all the family--and beyond.

GOD'S HERITAGE - "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. Lo, children are an heritage from the Lord" (Ps. 127:3).

Little need be mentioned here of the far-reaching impact of a marriage relationship as it affects the children. It has been truly said, "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." And, "The home should be to the children the most attractive place in the world, and the mother's presence should be the greatest attraction."

SPIRITUAL GROWTH -- Although our emphasis here has been on the natural plane, the enablement for it all must come from the spiritual life. The healthy Christian marriage consists of both the spiritual and the natural in proper balance, with the Lord Jesus Christ as both Source and Center.

"And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more...that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God" (Philippians. 1:9-11).

Miles J. Stanford
Tri-S, Series 1, No. 9

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