Read Ephesians 5:22-33
Lastly we look again at the man’s role in the marriage relationship. Paul in verse 29 gives to men two more roles in which they are responsible. First is to nourish, this refers to providing of the wife’s needs for the purpose of growing in Christ. What needs you may ask spiritual, mental, physical and emotional needs. If a husband does not meet these needs he is asking for a world of trouble. However the wife cannot expect her husband to be superman either by demanding that these needs be met. Most guys are pretty good at meeting the needs physically, but the others he has to work at. Ladies give grace and encouragement instead of nagging and grief. The second is to cherish which means that he needs to give warm and tender affection so that she may have comfort and security in knowing that her husband loves her. Again this is an area that guys struggle with simply because it’s not natural. Ladies need to pray for their man as they seek to provide in these ways. However men need to understand that even though something that does not come naturally does not mean that they can be excused from doing it. We have taken a great look at the marital roles and obviously Paul puts a great emphasis on the men’s role. Why? I believe because its so much more natural for the wife to nurture this relationship then it is for the husband. Men have to work at it and those that choose not to will pay for it over the course of time.
Father help us as men to even now begin to understand our roles in marriage and help us never to excuse unnatural tendencies as something we can just overlook.
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