Leaked Photo

Every now and then, a photo gets leaked from a private organization and it creates a stir. I haven't seen anything about it in the news, but I'm certain that there will be in the near future as the investigators home in on the details. In the event they decide to not spin this as a photo of a woman's rifle team, I will help them in their search by pointing them in the direction of the leaked photo. Surely Annie will be able to provide some information as to who sent it to her.

On a serious note, though. Being a guy, I have a tendency to keep my mouth shut on certain topics. I worry the militants in the above leaked photo will track me down and torture me. I also hate the sound of nails scratching on a chalkboard. That's what I imagine people in the above leaked photo sound like when they're together, plotting against us. So, whenever a woman blogs or talks about the subject, I say a huge, but quiet "AMEN!" to myself!

For too long, though, men have ignored the commandment given to them in God's word to love their wives. We have focused much more on the commandment that God gave to them to submit to us as the heads of our household as ordained by God. We expect them to work in the kitchen, clean the house, change diapers and not have opinions. We expect that they just do as we say without question. That's not always the case, but, too frequently, it is.

In case you're not sure what I'm talking about, here's what the Good Book says.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

Epheisians 5:25-28

And that we are to live in understanding with our wives, knowing them, their needs, and taking care of them as Christ takes care of His Church.

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

1 Peter 3:7

The Bible also has this to say

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.

1 Peter 1:1

How can a man expect his wife to follow that commandment from God and not follow the ones God has set before him? Husbands, love your wives, live with them in understanding, know their needs, care for them and cherish them as they are a gift from God to us because He loves us and knows we need them. I love my wife and thank God for the richness of blessings He has given to me through her. What do the actions say of a man who berates his gifts in front of the gift giver, treating them as dirty rags?