Subscribe“Wives who think their husbands are too hard should back their husbands.”
There’s a very important principle in this statement that has nothing to do with being hard. The importance is in the backing. The truth here that helps a marriage is that wives should support their husbands. A continual resistance about lots of things or even just one thing is a great distraction and concern for a husband and father.
So, the statement could be made that wives who think their husbands are too ____ should back their husbands. Even this is true:
Wives who think their husbands are too soft should back their husbands.
…and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Ephesians 5:33
femalefundamentalist
30-09-2007 9:29 pm
And if the husband is in sin, she should continue to back him?
Jeff Voegtlin
30-09-2007 11:09 pm
But, there is an element of respect the wife must always have for her husband, even if he is in sin. I’m not saying she condones or excuses the sin, but she must still respect (reverence) her husband.
Barbara H.
01-10-2007 11:10 am
I think a wife should always show reverence to her husband, but I don’t think that means always backing him no matter what. Maybe I am misunderstanding what you’re meaning, but it sounds like she thinks (or acts) as if everything he does is right and always agrees with him. Someone can disagree and present the other side of an issue and still be respectful about it.
Jeff Voegtlin
01-10-2007 12:55 pm
But, once they have been expressed and the husband has considered them and made his decision, she needs to back him. And, it needs to be a whole-hearted backing. The issue should not be brought up again when the decision is made again under most circumstances.