Absorbing God’s Word
“However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.” Ephesians 5:33
Applying God’s Word
The verse above is popular at weddings and yet I never heard the first eleven words when my late wife Joanne and I got married.
I did love Joanne. I was very loyal, worked hard, brought home my paycheck, washed the cars, took care of the yard, etc. Her request for a divorce after twelve years shocked me. She said I was “emotionally unavailable” to her. I had no idea what that meant.
Somewhere along the way, Joanne had lost respect for me as her husband because I didn’t know how to love her as myself. We went into counseling, did some communication workshops and BOTH put in the WORK necessary to save our marriage. We learned that love is not a feeling, but rather a choice.
The divorce rate in America is roughly sixty percent. Seventy percent of those divorces come at the request of the woman. Wonder why?
Accounting of God’s Word
Am I making choices every day to make my spouse a priority? Do I think love is a feeling or a choice?