Praise God, we don’t have to live in the dark. God shows us clearly in His Word how he wants us to live as a married couple. The Bible tells us that we the husband and wife are both to show honor to one another. Let’s check this out, shall we?Ephesians 5:33: “The wife see that she reverence her husband.” The word reverence means “to be in awe, to revere.” We get the full meaning as we read the Amplified Classic version of the Bible: “However, let each man of you (without exception) love his wife as (being in a sense) his very own self and let the wife see that she respects and reverences her husband (that she notices him, regards him, honors him, prefers him, venerates, and esteems him; and that she defers to him, praises him, and loves and admires him exceedingly.” Wow!
Well, what about the man? Yes, He is commanded to show honor also. He does not get off the hook, but it’s a different kind of honor. 1 Peter 3:7 directs the husband: “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
The word “honor” in this passage means “to buy with a price, the highest degree, valuable, esteem, dignity, preciousness.” It is the same word used of the “preciousness” of Christ (1 Peter 2:7). The husband must see his wife as his most precious and valuable possession and honor her in the highest degree. Many men are ignorant of this because of the brainwashing of feminism. Feminism takes away the beauty of femininity. They pressure women to be like men. Therefore, when men no longer see women as a prized possession to be protected and cared for, they do not know how to function correctly.
Husbands must esteem their wife as the weaker vessel. Now I know some women don’t like to be put in that category. But this is the truth. I think I am a strong woman physically. I’ve carried heavy boxes of Above Rubies for years. I carry 50 lb. bags of grains easily. But I am not as strong as men and I’m grateful for my husband being able to carry really heavy loads. Men mostly have 50 percent more brute strength than women. They are built with more muscle, broader shoulders, and stronger physique to lift heavy weights, do hard work, provide, and protect.
I like Fenton’s translation which says: “assigning honour to their FEMININE NATURE, as to a weaker vessel.” It works both ways. We as wives show awe and honor to our husbands. Conversely, our husbands are to treat us with dignity and as they would their most precious possession.
The more we embrace and walk in our femininity, the easier it is for our husbands to treat us this way.
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell
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I have a question for you. Do you think it is possible to “glorify God in your body” if we tamper with the way God created us?
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Did you know that God has appointed you to be a watchwoman over your home? Proverbs 321:27 says: “She looks well to the ways of her household, and eats not the bread of idleness.”
When you have an opportunity to go out to enjoy yourself, who do you want to go with? Do you want to go with girlfriends? Or your husband? We always want to go with our best friend, don't we?
Are you looking forward to meeting with God’s people this weekend? The assembling of ourselves TOGETHER is a priority for believers.
It adds another dimension to the meal when we sit at an attractively set table.
Sometimes we don’t make our meal table very orderly, do we?
God hovers over mother. He is with you from the beginning to the end. Are you waiting to give birth to a baby soon? God will be with you in your birth. David confesses in Psalm 22:9: “Thou art He that took me out of the womb.” Many translations say, “You brought me safely from my mother’s womb.” Whether you are having your baby at home or in a hospital, put your trust in God. He is the one who brings the baby safely from the womb. He is hovering over you for the life of your baby. Trust Him.
“Strength and dignity are her clothing” (Proverbs 31:25). Inwardly and outwardly. Dignity is being lost today. Let’s hold it fast.
In my Bible reading the other morning I read the blessing God gave through Moses to the tribe Issachar. He told them they were to rejoice in their homes (Deuteronomy 33:18). The word for homes is “ohel” and it means “a covering, a dwelling place.” It can be used of a hut or a palace! It speaks of a home for animals or for a king (namely, David’s palace)!
The magazine, Above Rubies, is for all women (and men love to read it too). However, I believe it is especially essential for the precious young mothers of this generation as they in the overwhelming time of raising their little ones.
Little faces at my place;
Mother, you are in the greatest career in the nation!
Home is a place of . . .