Thankful Homemaker: A Christian Homemaking Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
We’re continuing in a series here at the podcast on marriage. Each episode can stand alone, but they are meant to be listened to together. Last week we talked about God’s Design for Marriage and Our Role as Women. We touched briefly on areas of submission, respect, and love. Today we’re going to start by seeing what God’s Word has to say about loving our husbands.
I struggled with titling the episode, so I borrowed it from scripture from Titus 2:4 passage that we are to be taught by the older women “to love their husbands.”
Before we dig into that passage, I want to work through with you on what is love? Love is a necessary factor in our marriages. If we don’t have love for one another there’s going to be a lot of issues in our marriage. Without love in our marriages they’re going to be difficult to endure, any problems in the marriage will be difficult to overcome, as time goes on when we live in a relationship where there is no love the relationship is going to begin to fall apart. We’re not going to like each other very much or have any desire to be near one another, and it is just a dangerous place to be.
God’s Word is clear on the importance of love in all our relationships and especially in our marriages.
In a most familiar passage - Matthew 22:37-40 states:
37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
We stated last week that our husbands are our closest neighbors. When love is talked about, do we understand what it truly is or what it means when God commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves?
We married our spouse because we loved them. Now that we’ve been married a bit we can find ourselves acting very unloving at times or maybe a lot of times and wondering what happened? We can’t exhaustively cover today what real love is, but I do desire to work through on what God’s Word says because He’s given us a clear idea of what real love is in His Word.
For the show notes and resources mentioned head to ThankfulHomemaker.com
Ep. 26: When the Days are Difficult and Exhausting
Ep. 25: The Family Dinner Table
Ep. 24: Dealing with Our Grumbling and Complaining
Ep. 23: Seasons of Waiting
Ep. 22: Celebrating a Christ-Centered Easter
Ep. 21: The Routines of the Day: Making the Most of Your Morning and Evening Routines
Ep. 20: The Blessings of Loving Our Children
Ep. 19: Benefits of Habits in Our Homemaking
Ep. 18: Putting on an Attitude of Love in Our Homes
EP 17: Cherishing Your Husband
Ep. 16: Simplify Your Homekeeping with a Cleaning Schedule
Ep. 15: Prioritizing God's Word When Life is Busy
Ep. 14: Simple Tips for a Clutter Free Home
Ep. 13: Choosing Forgiveness
Ep. 12: Simple Menu Planning Tips
Ep. 11: Serving with a Mary Heart in a Martha Season
Ep. 10: Setting Spiritual Priorities for the New Year
Ep. 9: Christ-Focused Christmas Celebration Ideas
Ep. 8: Dealing with Our Critical Spirits
Ep. 7: Getting Ready for Company Fast - Your Home and Heart
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