My Role For My Husband

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My husband and I will discipline together, but our other roles and responsibilities may differ. I would prefer us both to have jobs that are flexible, so that we both can contribute when kids are sick, play with them after work or be available to accompany them on fieldtrips. I would like us both to take care of the home God gave us. If he wants to take care of our house by mowing the grass, while I wash the clothes, then I will do my best to respect and appreciate his act of service, because I know The Lord does. I do hope that we both pick up behind ourselves, wash the dishes, as well tuck our children into bed. I love yard work, and would love to help him plant flowers, just as I hope he will help me vacuum from time to time. Handling our …show more content…

He is the center of my life, and I will do my best to serve Him always and heed His Holy Word. His Word tells me not to be unequally yoked, therefore my husband will have to love Jesus and have a personal relationship with Him, as I do. My husband will not be perfect, or a saint, but He will love Jesus and will desire to love me and raise our family centered on Jesus. We will be able to handle spiritual and religious matters because our individual opinions will not matter, in light of Jesus’. We will both believe The Bible and take it at its Word. The Lord has made His opinion on every issue that my husband and I could have, very clear. Therefore, we will handle our disagreements by going to The Word of God to find our answers. Our love for Jesus will leave us wanting to go to church on Sundays, willing to make the sacrifices needed to tithe, and will keep us likeminded as long as we both seek The Living God. It will be imperative to stand on God’s Word and to walk hand in hand with Jesus. Satan may try pitting us against each other using misinterpretations over God’s Word, and our own faith traditions, but our three-chord strand with Jesus will not be easily …show more content…

Marriage lasts far beyond the glistening diamond, engagement pictures, and honeymoon. Marriage comes with responsibilities, arguments, children, traditions, finances and other families. It brings two people together, and also two families full of people. I expect marriage to not be all about a self-gratifying, loving me more than anyone else, marriage type. I expect it to be a picture of Christ’s love for His church. Christ’s love is perfect, my marriage and love will not be. Yet, as long as The Lord keeps showing me His unconditional love despite my sins, selfishness, and shortcomings, it is my heart’s desire to be able to do the same for my husband one

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