A good wife’s guide.
1955. Definitely not 2009!
This article has made it’s rounds through email. Mostly, it’s been sent in humor and making-fun of the “good wife’s guide”. I find this sad and frustrating.
While I may not agree with every word of this article, I do agree with the overall theme:
RESPECT and REVERENCE your husband.
I am choosing to share the article here in all seriousness. What a different view our modern culture and feminism has pressed upon us. Society today has taken marriage and our blessed role as wives away from God’s design for the family. Being raised in this culture, it has messed with my mind and heart.
I was encouraged at a wedding recently. During the message to the newly married couple and audience, the pastor encouraged the bride (also his daughter) and the other ladies in attendance with this advice: To awaken each day and ask for the Lord’s help and purpose to RESPECT and REVERENCE our husbands. I’ve thought of that this week. For me, this isn’t easy or natural. I needed the challenge and reminder. (Of note: The Pastor also addressed the men with similar encouragement.)
(FYI – I did not do the markings on the article.)
Regardless of our opinions on the article, we must meditate on God’s Holy Word:
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands. to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.Titus 2:3-5
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.Proverbs 31:10-12
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household. and a portion to her maidens. Proverbs 31:15
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Proverbs 31:27 & 28
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Comments
It’s hard not to take offense at items like: “remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours”. And, it seems unhealthy to encourage one’s husband to not shoulder his home responsibilities – fatherhood, home maintenance etc.
I have some trouble with submission myself, though. Perhaps there’s a fear factor: if I give way to him in all these areas, what if he doesn’t reciprocate? I see that I am missing the point.
I like your larger point about showing respect for our husbands and the concept of showing love by caring well for the household is a nice one as well.
Posted by: tara | July 25th, 2009 20:41
Darci,
I have read this article before, and have myself shared it with many women as a means of raising the standard higher. I agree with you wholeheartedly. In order to be the help-meets we were created to be, we must learn how to honor and reverance our husbands. The golden rule applies to our marriages as well.
Blessings! I love your postings!
Posted by: Rachel | July 25th, 2009 23:07
Reverence and respect are very difficult for women to understand because we are so wrapped up in needing to be loved and cherished. I have been entirely too guilty of not giving my husband the honor and respect he so desperately needed. Praise God for His work in my life! I have learned much and am so blessed.
If we really treated our husbands in such a manner they would have no reason to come home late or “stay out all night”. (Reminds me of watching old Leave It to Beaver episodes…)
Posted by: Martha Teal | July 31st, 2009 03:02