Scripture Reading: Ephesians 5:28-29

“Even so husbands should and are morally obligated to love their own wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own body, but [instead] he nourishes and protects and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,”(AMP)

I started sharing with you yesterday some likely reason that can result into divorce if we fail to do the needful. I made it cleared yesterday that wasn’t in God’s original plan right from the beginning but we have our role to play to align to God’s plans for marriage. Where we failed to be subjected to the leading of the Holy Spirit, we started considering alternative for God’s original plan because we fail to observe and to submit to His divine will for our lives.

Am still on the first point. Failure to love your wife. The above scripture emphasize that it’s the obligation of husbands to love their wives because he who love his wife, love his own body for no one has ever hated his own body but instead, they nourished and cherished it just as Christ does the church. As husband, it’s your duty and right to love your wife, regardless of what happen in your marriage. That’s the design of God. Genesis 4:1 says; “Now the man Adam knew Eve as his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have obtained a man (baby boy, son) with the help of the Lord.”(AMP). It was the woman (Eve) the devil deceived and because of their disobedience, God drove them out from the garden but yet Adam still loved his wife (Eve) and through her, the earth was multiplied.

Adam has the right path way with Eve but he loved her despite her weakness. Since we’re all human, no one is perfect, and that’s the reason why we must learn to tolerate one another. Husbands should show love to their wives even while they made mistakes. Because it’s through your love to her, she will change for better but when you show hatred as husband to her at all time, you will not see her joy and you know what that could result into. To be continue tomorrow morning by God’s Grace. Good morning and do have a great day, peace.

Prayer point: Lord, help me to be obedient to your word by nourishing and cherishing the wife of my youth in Jesus Christ name. Amen!

              T.S. AFOLAYAN

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