| Every wife wants to have a loving and respectful | | | | This is exactly how many husbands feel when you |
| husband but when it comes to us respecting our | | | | are always quarrelling, arguing or nagging. I have heard |
| husbands we often times compromise. There are | | | | of wives who complain that their husbands do not love |
| three ways to know if you are being respectful to | | | | to stay home. That they prefer hanging with the boys, |
| your husband and we will look at them below: | | | | that they stay back late at work or are just no where |
| What Does the Bible Say? | | | | to be found. |
| Once I am counseling a wife and I find out she is a | | | | Many times, these wives are the ones who contribute |
| Christian I go straight for the bible. If this is what we live | | | | to their husbands' absence because their husbands |
| by then it should be applied to every area of our lives. | | | | prefer being around individuals who treat them with |
| The role of a wife is no exception, because the bible | | | | more respect. Maybe you are experiencing this |
| explicitly encourages wives to respect their husbands. | | | | situation. Maybe you need to look at how you have |
| Let us look at what Ephesians chapter six and verse | | | | contributed to this distance. Maybe you need to tame |
| thirty three says, "However, each of you also must | | | | your tongue. |
| love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must | | | | How Do You Speak About Him With Your Friends? |
| respect her husband. | | | | Respect is not only expected when you are with your |
| The first half tells the husband to love his wife. We will | | | | husband but also when you are apart. |
| have to discuss this in another article. What I want you | | | | There are many wives who speak badly about their |
| to focus on is the second half that relates directly to | | | | husbands with their friends. Sometimes, if their friends |
| you. | | | | did not know their husbands they would think they |
| Now, respect cannot be conditional, if you respect me I | | | | were talking about a monster. |
| will respect you. That is not how it works. Too often | | | | Because of this attitude their friends sometimes lose |
| we allow the other person's behavior to dictate our | | | | respect for him and treat him with the same amount |
| actions and we end up having a troubled marriage. | | | | of contempt. This is done in front of and behind his |
| How Do You speak To Him? | | | | back |
| Wives, it is not okay to fly off the handle and at the | | | | It is your responsibility to ensue that you are not only |
| same time expect our husbands to pamper, adore and | | | | respectful of your husband but that you expect it of |
| respect us. | | | | your friends. They should know where you stand in |
| Love and respect has to go both ways. I am always | | | | this area and should never be allowed to cross the line. |
| sobered by Proverbs chapter twenty five verse | | | | Let us remember our role as wives and ensure that |
| twenty four which says, "Better to live on a corner of | | | | we are helping to make our marriage a success. |
| the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife." | | | | |