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Viewing
Your Wife as a Partner
The loving husband views his wife as
a partner. A wife is not a trophy to be won in courtship and then placed on the wall for
all to observe along with our ten-point buck. She is a living person with whom to have a
relationship. She is not a person to be dominated and controlled to satisfy our own
desires. She is a person to be known and from whom we can learn.
The idea of a wife as partner is as old as human
literature. In the Genesis account of creation, the woman was created from the rib of man.
It is a graphic description of her role as partner. The man and his wife were instructed
to subdue the earth and to rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air and other
living creatures. The man was not instructed to subdue his wife. He was told to become
"one flesh" with her.
We are different, but these differences were designed by
God so that we could complement each other. The husband who views his wife as a partner
has taken the first step toward becoming a loving leader in this marriage.
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