hen the spouse needs help. I have a beloved sister-in-law who amazes me. Her husband has been ill for quite a few years now, and she mows the lawn and does a few more of what I call the “men-chores”.

One more bit of advice, Spouses and Lovers: Don’t wait until the morning of Valentine’s Day and then run to the grocery store a

"Husbands, love your wives. Avoid any bitterness toward them" (Colossians 3:19).

The story is told of the discontented husband who fortunately went to a Christian friend for advice about a divorce. This wise man told him, "Go home and court your wife for a year and then tell me the result." A year later the grateful man went back to his friend and thanked him for the good counsel. The friend advised him, "I hope you will continue to court your wife as long as you live."

Authority permitted by God can quickly degenerate into authoritarianism that makes life a hell on earth for both partners. The lady of the house responds to compassion and passion, in that order. True authority leads rather than pushes; it directs rather than controls; and it requests rather than demands.

If the husband is miserly and miserable, he can hardly expect an abundant crop of love, for what we sow in the way of philos and philanthropy in the home, that will we reap in abundance of cherishment and appreciation. It is only a mean-spirited wife who will not respond to Christ in her beloved husband.

Conversely, the husband is entitled (what I call “marital entitlements”) to the same endearments. And no “that’s women’s work” or “men’s work” mentality, please. It is love that pushes the vacuum cleaner or the lawn mower when the spouse needs help. I have a beloved sister-in-law who amazes me. Her husband has been ill for quite a few years now, and she mows the lawn and does a few more of what I call the “men-chores”.

One more bit of advice, Spouses and Lovers: Don’t wait until the morning of Valentine’s Day and then run to the grocery store an

back to his friend and thanked him for the good counsel. The friend advised him, "I hope you will continue to court your wife as long as you live."

Authority permitted by God can quickly degenerate into authoritarianism that makes life a hell on earth for both partners. The lady of the house responds to compassion and passion, in that order. True authority leads rather than pushes; it directs rather than controls; and it requests rather than demands.

If the husband is miserly and miserable, he can hardly expect an abundant crop of love, for what we sow in the way of philos and philanthropy in the home, that will we reap in abundance of cherishment and appreciation. It is only a mean-spirited wife who will not respond to Christ in her beloved husband.

Conversely, the husband is entitled (what I call “marital entitlements”) to the same endearments. And no “that’s women’s work” or “men’s work” mentality, please. It is love that pushes the vacuum cleaner or the lawn mower when the spouse needs help. I have a beloved sister-in-law who amazes me. Her husband has been ill for quite a few years now, and she mows the lawn and does a few more of what I call the “men-chores”.

One more bit of advice, Spouses and Lovers: Don’t wait until the morning of Valentine’s Day and then run to the grocery store a

in that order. True authority leads rather than pushes; it directs rather than controls; and it requests rather than demands.

If the husband is miserly and miserable, he can hardly expect an abundant crop of love, for what we sow in the way of philos and philanthropy in the home, that will we reap in abundance of cherishment and appreciation. It is only a mean-spirited wife who will not respond to Christ in her beloved husband.

Conversely, the husband is entitled (what I call “marital entitlements”) to the same endearments. And no “that’s women’s work” or “men’s work” mentality, please. It is love that pushes the vacuum cleaner or the lawn mower when the spouse needs help. I have a beloved sister-in-law who amazes me. Her husband has been ill for quite a few years now, and she mows the lawn and does a few more of what I call the “men-chores”.

One more bit of advice, Spouses and Lovers: Don’t wait until the morning of Valentine’s Day and then run to the grocery store a

and appreciation. It is only a mean-spirited wife who will not respond to Christ in her beloved husband.

Conversely, the husband is entitled (what I call “marital entitlements”) to the same endearments. And no “that’s women’s work” or “men’s work” mentality, please. It is love that pushes the vacuum cleaner or the lawn mower when the spouse needs help. I have a beloved sister-in-law who amazes me. Her husband has been ill for quite a few years now, and she mows the lawn and does a few more of what I call the “men-chores”.

One more bit of advice, Spouses and Lovers: Don’t wait until the morning of Valentine’s Day and then run to the grocery store a

hen the spouse needs help. I have a beloved sister-in-law who amazes me. Her husband has been ill for quite a few years now, and she mows the lawn and does a few more of what I call the “men-chores”.

One more bit of advice, Spouses and Lovers: Don’t wait until the morning of Valentine’s Day and then run to the grocery store and buy flowers that are on sale – and then present them to your beloved while you tell him/her you found them on sale! I can guarantee you that you have gone down several notches for that one!