The Husband's Role

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. (Ephesians 5:22-33 ESV)

This is an awesome passage. It is the PERFECT model for marriage. A man has a job to do in a marriage. And within that job he has some huge tasks. Head of household, spiritual leader, provider, disciplinary.... the list is long. But as men we tend to get get lost in this and confuse what God wants. We look at being a disciplinary as being the one who carries the big stick, so to speak. Not as one who disciplines out of love. Head of household, men are the boss. To a sense, we are. We are like the president of the house but we are suppose to clear all decisions with the cabinet (our wife.) We are not suppose to be a ruler over an inferior woman. We are equal. The two most important I think are spiritual leader and provider. We are suppose to follow God with all our might. And lead our families in the right direction. And LEAD BY EXAMPLE. At this we fail miserably. Next is being a provider, and in this falls many things. Provider of finances, tenderness and caring for the family, especially our wives. She is our partner. The other half of our one in God's eyes. We are to treat her with the greatest of respect. Time, the provider of time. Again, for the whole family, but most importantly the wife. Men must connect with the wife on many levels; mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. CONNECT! It's a great task, and with God's helping hands, we can and will prevail. I could go further  with the wife's role, but that is my wife's specialty. I'm focusing on the men and want to see the way the world treats wives turn around. This is something I found floating around on the internet and it's more good food for thought. "When God created woman, she was taken from the rib of man as described in Genesis. She was not taken from his foot so that she may be crushed under his heel in bitterness. Neither was she taken from his head so that she might rule over him. She was not taken from the hand so that she might continually fill the position of waiting on him. She was taken from the rib of man so that she might continually be by his side. She is to be loved and is to respond as a part of his body. Husbands and wives are a part of each other." 
Awesome. 

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