READ Ephesians 5:22-33
… each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
-- Ephesians 5:33 (NIV)
Seventy percent of the insurance company colleagues I work with are women. I don’t notice any differences between working with men and women on a day-to-day basis. I simply try to get my job done each day and help others to get their jobs done.
The Bible passage for today teaches that men and women have different underlying needs. While this may sound old-fashioned, at a foundational level, when you strip away all the norms found in the home, school, work, and society, the fundamental need of women is to be loved, and the fundamental need of men is to be respected.
We can’t change others. We can only change ourselves. Wives, if you’re not feeling loved by your husband, perhaps there are ways you should be showing him more respect. Husbands, if you’re not feeling respected by your wife, perhaps there are ways you should be showing her more love. Whether single or married, “No one should seek their own good, but the good of others” (1 Corinthians 10:24).
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4).
Prayer: Father in heaven, please help us to meet not only our own needs, but the needs of others.
Prayer Focus: SPOUSES
Rick Stockwell is employed as an IT Program Manager. He teaches Sunday school for kindergartners, is an elder at his church, and is the author of two Christian novels: THE WALL and THE BATTLE. He's been married for thirty-four years, and has two children and five grandchildren.
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