Saturday, February 4, 2012

God designed it this way

"  Many a man rues the differences between himself and his wife, especially as they are magnified by sin.Why does she like to shop for hours when it only takes a few minutes to buy what she needs? Why does she always want to talk about our relationship? Why doesn't she like my solutions, preferring instead to dwell on the problems? Why is it so hard to communicate and why is it sometimes difficult to get along?
  Even apart from considerations of sin, the answer to all these questions is "God designed it this way." How helpful is it to know why and how God made the woman for man! The simple fact is that God did not design marriage to be like a group of guys hanging out. All men is some pizza and a decent game to play or watch, and we can be pals. But throw in a woman and everything becomes so much harder. (It works the other way, too, although feminine society seems much more complicated.) Why, oh why? Because God intended it this way. God wants us as men to learn to give, serve, and love similar to the way He gives, serves and loves. we were made to bear His image, after all, and the main classroom in which a christian man learns to be like this heavenly Father is in the school of marriage."

-"The Masculine Mandate", Richard D. Phillips

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