Giving God's Love to Our Husbands

From: More Heart to Heart: Godly Wisdom Woman To Woman By: Valerie Jean Hallowell

• 1 min. read • grade level: 4

“Teach the young women ... to love their husbands.” Titus 2:3-4³The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; ⁴That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, (Titus 2:3‑4)

Young women (and old) are to love their husbands. That seems straightforward enough. After all, that’s why we married them, right? But what happens if we run out of love? I’ve heard several people say that the Bible tells husbands to love their wives, but not the other way around. However, this verse clearly states that a wife should always love her husband. If she falls out of love, well, she can go to God’s fountain and drink of His love. In other words, if our natural love runs dry, we may still love our husband with divine love. “His banner over me is love” (Song of Sol. 2:4⁴He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. (Song of Solomon 2:4)), and God wants me to fly that banner over our house, our dining room table, our bed. It helps to try to look at our husband as God looks at Him, with God’s heart of love. God is love, and His supply is inexhaustible.

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