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by Bob and Debby Gass
You can rekindle that flame!
November 8, 2009
‘Husbands, love your wives...’ Ephesians 5:25 NAS
When you care more about pleasing yourself than pleasing your mate, your marriage is in trouble. Most marriages fail for one reason; selfishness. ‘Just give me a few more months. I’ll have this project at work behind me and things will get back to normal.’ How many wives have heard this from their husbands when they try to let them know they need more of their time and attention? And what happens? The project gets finished and the husbands get involved in something else just as demanding. Because her needs keep going unmet, hopelessness and resentment set in and she forms a protective shell. Often at this point the husband is clueless. He says things like, ‘I work hard. I bring my money home. I’m not running around cheating on you.’ And then the big one: ‘I’m doing all this for you.’ But his wife didn’t marry a business or a wage, she married him. And there is absolutely nothing he can do to replace himself in her life, no matter what he gives her. That’s why when many couples had less, they had everything because they had each other. Now they seem to have everything, but they have nothing. Once that hard shell forms it’s hard to penetrate. And worse, the statistics of divorce prove that very few men have the patience to try. That’s when they get attracted to other women; but the flame of love can melt that hard shell. If you start where you are and commit yourself to loving your wife [or husband] all over again, God will help you to rekindle that flame.
SoulFood: 1 Sam 16:1-23, 2 Cor 4:7-5:1
The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2009
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