Draw Near – 365 Guides to Greater Intimacy with GodSample

THE HUSBAND'S LOVE Christian psychologist Dr. Clyde Narramore says that your desires and talents are God's hints for your life. This is good advice when deciding on a vocation or ministry. It is also excellent advice when seeking a family. God puts the desire for a wife in a young man's heart and then provides opportunity for that desire to be fulfilled. The key to finding God's mate is to seek His will and His way. He does answer the prayers of his people. Understanding that it is both healthy and normal to want a wife, the husband should then ask himself what God expects of him as a husband. Paul says clearly that a husband's first duty is to love his wife. The husband is to consider his mate as an extension of his own flesh. Just as the husband does not harm his own body, he must not harm or hurt his wife. Paul goes on to emphasize that one must love his wife as much as he loves himself. This strong emphasis on a husband's love certainly is not what our day and society stress, when some men wish to try marriage for a while and turn and run. Paul insists that we are to love so much that we would even be willing to lay down our lives for our mates. Love so deep and divine has expression in some very practical ways. God's Word spells out how His love works in action. Following these divine principles will make a difference in our marriage.