1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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ALL BEARETH BEHAVE BELIEVETH BUT CHARITY DOTH EASILY ENDURETH ENVIETH EVIL HER HOPETH INIQUITY ITSELF KIND LONG NOT OWN PROVOKED PUFFED REJOICETH SEEKETH SUFFERETH THINGS THINKETH TRUTH UNSEEMLY VAUNTETH
Scripture reading for today is 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
https://my.bible.com/bible/1/1CO.13.KJV Every church wedding I have ever attended has included these verses. I come from a broken home as do many others. I have also been in relationships which have failed, so I have a lot of experience in what bad relationships are like, unfortunately. But what does a good, healthy relationship look like? While our scripture reading gives us many clues the Bible also holds many other keys to having healthy happy marriages. These keys can be used in any relationship as well. So what are they? Back when God originally made Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden he gave these words. Genesis 2:24 "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/GEN.2.KJV Thus the first principle that we come to is that the man and his wife need to establish their own home separate from their parents. I would add a small caveat here, and that is: unless there is a parent that needs to be medically cared for and the family is capable of caring for them. But the principle remains that the in-laws should not interfere with the decisions which the husband and wife make together. I heard a story once about a husband and wife who had been married for many years and one day the wife asks the husband if he still loved her. He replied that he had told her on the day they had gotten married that he loved her and if that ever changed he'd let her know. Some people feel that courtship is over when you've "Won" the man or woman of your dreams. I am here to tell you if you don't continue to court your spouse as long as you live then someone else just might! Courtship should end only in death! 1 Peter 4:8 "Above all, have fervent and unfailing love one another, because love covers a multitude of sins." https://my.bible.com/bible/1588/1PE.4.amp Proverbs 31:28 "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/PRO.31.kjv 1 Corinthians 7:34 "There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband." https://my.bible.com/bible/1/1CO.7.KJV Romans 12:10 "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;" https://my.bible.com/bible/1/ROM.12.KJV Another key is a very controversial one and that is that the man is supposed to be the head of the household, the priest of the family. 1 Corinthians 11:3 "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/1CO.11.KJV Ephesians 5:22 "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 33 Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/EPH.5.KJV In many of today's homes the man has been so emasculated that he just acquiesces to whatever his wife wants to do. This is not a healthy relationship. Now you may be a strong woman who thinks that she rules the roost, but with the relationships that I have had or seen others have, things just don't seem to run as well if the man won't stand up and be "THE MAN" in the home. This is not to say that the woman does not, and cannot have her own voice heard in the home. But if there is a disagreement, even IF she is right, she needs to allow her husband to possibly fail in something rather than fight to be "right". I once had an argument with a husband for 3 very long hours in a van with all the kids. We were traveling to his parents house and just before we left, he asked me a question. I had been married long enough to know better than to even respond to the question, so I asked if he really wanted an answer or did he want to tell me why my answer was wrong. He said that he really wanted an answer so I gave him the answer as I saw it. For the next three hours the kids witnessed him berating me for my stupid answer. They learned to disrespect me and other women in the process. Well, three hours later we get to his parents' place and he asked his father the SAME question, and guess what? His dad gave MY exact same answer!!!!! What do you think my husband said? He said, "huh, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT LIKE THAT BEFORE!" Nope not in three whole hours of fighting did he ever really listen to me. All I accomplished by arguing was hate, anger, and the children's disrespect. The correct answer as given by a MAN that my husband RESPECTED was accepted. And I could have saved myself a great deal of agony. The moral of the story is this, even if you are "Right" in any argument you can lose a great deal, if you make it an argument. Allowing a man to do things his way, even if wrong, might just lead him to respect your opinion more the next time. It is a proven fact that as a general rule a man will respect another man's opinion more than that of a woman even if the opinions are the same. Something about the way men talk to each other makes the same statement sound different.
Husbands, the Bible speaks to you too, Ephesians 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; https://www.bible.com/bible/1/EPH.5.KJV The question is how did Christ love the church? The text continues, "and gave himself for it." When we think of how Christ gave himself for the church our mind should be drawn to his sacrifice on the cross. Jesus left all of heaven just to come live here and die just for you. Galatians 6:2 "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/GAL.6.KJV 2 Thessalonians 3:10 "For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat." A man should not be slothful in his life, he should work to provide for his family. 1 Timothy 5:8 "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/1TI.5.8 A man should not be playing video games all day mooching off of society. 1 Corinthians 13:11 "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/1CO.13.11 James 1:19 "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:" https://www.bible.com/bible/1/JAS.1.19 Proverbs 16:32 "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/PRO.16.KJV Proverbs 14:29 "He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly." https://www.bible.com/bible/1/PRO.14.KJV These principles are not just for men. I was once involved in a situation where a small group was reading a book filled with good advice about health issues. One of the men in the group kept needling his wife, look here, this is for you. Over and over again when we came to a new point in the book, he would keep using the book to poke at her. None of these points are just for the man or just for the woman. Romans 12:10 "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;" https://www.bible.com/bible/1/ROM.12.KJV
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