The Most Important Person
Matthew 19:5-6 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.
Husbands, let me ask you – is your wife the single most important person to you on this planet? Come on. Really?
We men have a habit of getting caught up in this and in that – in work, and then, when work becomes more than work, in our careers. It seems that many men self-actualise through their careers.
What do I mean by that? Well, men have a tendency to get their sense of worth and identity through the job they have. It kind of falls naturally out of the whole breadwinner role that we see ourselves in. One thing leads to another, and before you know it, work is more important than wife.
And by the time you come home at the end of the day, the last thing you feel like doing is talking to your wife about it. You prefer to bottle things up, forget about them … that’s how we men process stress.
Quite unlike our wives, who de-stress by talking it through in minute detail. Which is why women struggle so much to understand why their husbands have become so uncommunicative.
I was reading a fantastic book recently called, “Kiss My Like You Mean it – by Dr David Clarke”. Brilliant stuff.
There was one tip in it that really resonated with me – a tip to help each husband do something that’ll show his wife that she really is his best friend; that she really is the most important person in his life.
Here it is:
Let your wife be the very first person that you share the news of your day with. Funny things. Happy things. Challenging things. Sad things. A quick phone call during the day when something happens. Or if that’s not possible, make a point to remember things – big and small, and make sure that she’s the very first to find out.
That’s what she’s looking for. That’s what she wants. It’ll tell her she really is your best friend. After all, as Jesus said,
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. (Matthew 19:5-6)
Our job, husbands, is to make sure that through the way we treat our wives, we’re clearly in the business of joining together, rather than tearing apart. And here is one, simple, practical tip to help you do that:
Talk to your wife – let her be the first to hear your news. Good, and bad.
That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
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