Love Your Wife Part 2

PRACTICAL WAYS TO LOVE OUR WIFE:

1. Marry her properly: Many wives are misbehaving just because the man is yet to marry her following the established standards in society. A husband should make his wife feel loved and happy by taking steps to right this wrong, whether they have been living together for 2 or 20 years. Some men are to be called ‘womennappers’ because they just impregnated a woman and started having children without a formal arrangement. 

2. Give her a pet name: A special nickname like Darling, Honey, Mine, My dear, Sweetheart, M.D, Love, S.H or any other name that really represents and expresses your feeling of love and affection for her. Call her by that pet name in private and public, anywhere and everywhere. Don’t call her by her first name, don’t change the name when the children begin to come. It is an assurance of your true love and a reminder that you belong to her.

3. Spent time with her: God made Eve to be a companion for Adam. Genesis 2:18 – And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

One of the needs of a woman is companionship; let her enjoy your company, take time to share in her work, pleasure, joy, pain, etc. Don’t ignore her parents, siblings, friends, colleagues, or any of her extracurricular activities. Hubby, stay with her on weekends, attend occasions with her, make her your best friend. Don’t use the ministry or work as an excuse for not having time for her, anytime that she comes home with a problem, take time to discuss all options with her and proffer suggestions or solutions. Spend time with the Lord together.

4. Take her problems as yours: Be concerned and care for her well-being, health and happiness, welfare, safety, prosperity, success, promotion, progress in life and career. Be committed to her. Support what is important to her in respect. Stick by her through thick and thin, in good times and difficult ones, in sunshine and rain. Remember your vow, be a friend that loves at all times and a brother that is born for adversity (Proverbs 17:17). Prove your commitment to her through the trials of life.

5. Pray for her and with her: Seek the face of God for your wife on problems peculiar to and issues bothering her mind such as health issues, promotion and childbearing like Isaac did in Genesis 25:21, “Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.”

Pray with her until her problem is solved. Pray for and bless her when she greets you “good morning” and always prays for her during your private prayer time.