When God says .......
A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands. (Proverbs 27:15, 16 NLT)
He gives the unpleasant descriptive picture of a contentious spouse. Not good at all. Hence, as children of God we must not be one. We ought to be temperate, gentle, caring, patient, submissive and foremost loving to our spouses. These are to be expressed in proactive way, rather than reactive. What that means, is we don't wait for our partners to do it first so we can respond. We race to be first to love, to submit, to bear patience, to care, to handle gently, to temperance.
It is written, we ought to: "Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God. And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word." (Ephesians 5:1, 2, 21, 22, 25, 26 NLT)
And, I say ... AMEN!
Partner F. A. Frias
PFC Family
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