God’s Gift My Wife

I’m an old man according to the  information on my birth certificate.

However, I’ve found a humble and quiet peace in my heart as I reflect on this wonderful gift . . .  this blessing called my wife. . .

Oh how precious, and how much I love this little bundle of non-stop energy. I treasure her smile and laughter. I love the tenderness of her heart, and her wisdom when she speaks. 

I love her quietness, and the love I see in her eyes . . .

I am left silent with a joy in my heart as I watch this woman praying. 

As her husband, I melt with the love this angel has for only meme.

This treasure is of God, and I am to love her with all my heart.

I’ve located more than 30 scriptures about marriage and the importance of wives in God’s Holy Word. This includes both Old Testament and New Testament scriptures.

In marriage you are not only committing to each other in companionship, you are committing to each other in everything. 

God must be the center. For any marriage to work, He must be the very core of your love.

God’s Gift my Wife

Starting in:

Genesis 2:24 God’s Word says, 

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:12: 

Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

That third cord is GOD… the marriage is blessed by God.

Romans 12:10-11:

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves..  Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

My wife is a treasure . . . My wife is my best friend even when she pretends to be mad at me. This love with Jesus Christ at the center of our marriage grows beyond these simple words. 

Saying things like I love you more than all the stars above, or more than all the grains of sand is certainly romantic and she will appreciate it.  

I tell my honey I love her more than my Harley, which for me means a lot . . . and then I get “the look” . . . Everybody knows the look . . .

I could have picked something else, but she understands.

Make no mistake about it . . . GOD loves a man that honors and loves his wife. This is woman . . .  God created her from man’s rib. He did not take her from a man’s foot to be walked upon. A wife is to be treated with love and respect.

God is there with each of you as you walk this path before you. Trials and tribulations will come your way . . .these are nothing to fear when you love each other and trust in God.

Each of you will know pain and sorrow as a husband or a wife. It is in times like these, we need to lean on each other,  and learn to lean on God. 

I promise You will come out stronger on the other side of this pain. 

Not only will you come out stronger, your marriage will be stronger because of your love for Christ and your love for each other. You will have faced life’s storms and faced the wind but have not fallen. 

This love you share will blossom. It will grow beyond your dreams, and far beyond all your tomorrows. 

I thought I loved my wife when we first took our vows . . . I swear that I did . . .  

However, even in these few short years, this love has grown making that time seem like puppy love. God is purposely placed at the center. He walks with us every step of the way. We have discovered that life is impossible without Christ  being at the center.

There are many verses in the Bible about love . . . each important . . . each with a purpose. And each scripture should be absorbed and used as a tool to build your marriage upon.

1st Corinthians 1: 4, 5, 13:

[4]  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

[5] It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

[13] And now these three remain; faith, hope and love. But . . . The greatest of these is love.

If you have never looked at these scriptures, you need to burn them into your heart. 

Love doesn’t just happen,  love is something you must both work at, and for.

Always lift your spouse, always. There is no, I will do 50% and she can do 50%. It doesn’t work that way. 

This kind of love requires that you carry each other 100% of the time. A day may come when one of you are no longer able to carry your load. This is when your love, together, will lift you and give you the strength to carry the other.

Lastly, I want to quote a scripture from the book of, 

EPHESIANS 5: 25-32

Hear, and read these words with your heart. Understand them as you’ve never understood them before. Understand these words as Abba speaks them to you. 

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing  with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

In this same way, HUSBANDS ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church- for we are members of His holy body.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and 

THE TWO WILL BECOME ONE FLESH.

I’m an old man . . . I have known this love . .  . 

I have this precious love . . . and I cling to it. 

I have a blessing, and it’s  a gift from God . . . She is my wife.

My prayer to all men . . . HONOR this favored gift from God.

Your wife is nothing less than a precious gift, and a blessing.

Trust in God and keep Him at the center of your love.

I am blessed . . . I love my wife . . . I thank you Marilyn for your love, and keeping God at the center of our marriage –

AMEN

Most people call William Moorhead, Papa Moose. He brags that he is  married to an angel with her wings clipped. He and Marilyn have been married for nine years. Writing is something he never thought that he’d be called to do. However, God pricked his heart five years ago and he can’t put his pen down. He never knows what the subject will be or when God will stir his heart to write. It is Papa’s hope and prayer that his short stories will touch the hearts and minds of those who read them. 

Image by 👀 Mabel Amber, who will one day from Pixabay