My Beloved Readers - how I smile as I think of you all... my own children, their spouses and my precious friends.
I was listening to a radio program the other day and thought of all of you. And, I believe this with all my heart. Fathers - the best action you can do for your children is to love your wife. As children observe, listen, hear, watch... they see you as you love your wife - their mother. They feel secure and safe in that love.
Our children will leave us someday - they need to leave and then cleave to their spouses. Therefore, they must know that they are precious - but that they will go and grow. They truly are not the center of my relationship with Paul, my husband. They will become all that God intended them to be. They are the parents of the future! How exciting! How right it is....
It is also very interesting to me that the Bible tells husbands to "Love your wives.....Ephesians 5:25." It doesn't tell wives to love their husbands. Isn't that interesting???? Perhaps it is because women love their husbands easily and men need to be purposeful in their love of their wives. Perhaps they need to be reminded. All I know, is that if the Bible says it - the most "wise" book ever written - then it must be sage advice.
So - men - love your wives. And women - encourage that love. It is good, strong and proven advice. Now it is your choice if you will follow it or not. It is also your privilege to determine what that love looks like......
Go, Beloved Readers, ponder this advice. And as always, let me know your thoughts... they are precious to me, just as you are....
Happy Mother's Day 2011!
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