“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.
When you talk about love, you can’t help but be talking about God. God is love. If you don’t believe me, check 1 John 4:8.
“He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”
We are called to love like Jesus. How do you start loving like Jesus? Well, you can start at home.
I find many women willing to give a stranger $10 on the street and feel great about it, but come home and have no desire to serve to her husband. She is unwilling to serve her husband, but is willing to serve those outside her home. While helping others is love, so is serving your husband. There’s nothing wrong with having a servants heart, in fact most women (and Christians in general) consider it an admirable attribute, until it comes to in our own homes. We as women have forgotten that our home is our first ministry. Every one that we try to teach about Jesus, is going to look at our family and see if we have it together or not.
Love is humble, and you will never go wrong humbling yourself. Jesus Christ humbled his self on the cross for us. We didn’t deserve God’s love, or Jesus’ love, but we were loved the same. Even if you think your husband doesn’t deserve love and respect, you give it to him anyway, because God asks that of you, and because if you truly want to love like Jesus, you start by loving the unloveable, and then you watch the change as your husband sees Jesus in you. You don’t believe that submitting to and loving your husband can change his heart? God says it will.
“Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.”-1 Peter 3:1-2.
Give it a try this week as you focus on love. In every moment, whether deserving or not, happy or grumpy, show your husband love. The kind of love Jesus has for us.
