Husbands…
1 peter 3:7
“Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.”
This seems to be a weakness of mine, being considerate, and treating my wife w/ respect as the weaker partner. I tend to treat my wife conditionaly upon how she behaves and acts, instead of submitting to the Lord and letting Him pour His unconditioinal love through me. She is an equal heir with me of the Gift of Gods Grace and of Life, and Him allowing us to enter into His Kingdom and Glory, a sister/ sibling, a companion, she is loved the same by the Lord, Receives the Same Grace, Is not favored above or below me in the Lords eyes, but the Lord Loves us both unmeasurably, and unmeasurably the same.
We are called to love our neighbor as ourselves, and this encompasses submitting burdens/weaknesses of each other, the weaker partner we should submit to the Lord when we discover weakness and He is Strong in them. For it is the Lord who heals and enstrengthens not man. How can a broken pot fix itself or a House make itself more sturdy? (It is the builder, the Lord who heals and strengthens as he chooses)
It is not my witty mind or my righteous and high thought (that I am tempted to think I’ve achieved somtimes), that the Lord’s love is some how “achieved.” It is not by my “better” way which I can be tempted to think is the only way, the right way, and the good way all the time. If I allow my self to believe this I am deceived. For Jesus is The Way and in Him is the answer, cause, and reason for what is to be thought, said, and lived out.
I should hold my wife in the esteem that She is a child of The Most High and is unconditionally and imeasurably precious to Him, (just as I am) By treating her unfairly and lowly my actions display that I do not know this truth and therefore praying in deception my prayers are hindered, If I really knew the Truth and really believed in the Truth that she is my sister, my sibling, my equal heir (receiving the exact same inhertiance from God, unmeasurable) then my actions would be likewise and my prayers in Truth will be upright. I long for my mind to be renewed by the Truh Jesus, Please give me eyes that see my Wife as an equal heir and may my actions display that to her and may her heart receive the Truth of the Truth acting through me. Amen.
