Here we go! :-)
#1 - Serve Her!!!
The Apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 5:25 to love our wives as Jesus loves the church! He modeled this love in John 13:1-5 in one of the most powerful examples of servanthood in the Scriptures!
Unfortunately, too many times we as husbands make the sexual experience all about us “being served” and not about doing all that we can to “give ourselves up” for our wife by placing her needs as a priority in our lives.
I had a friend once who, on honeymoon night, took his wife by the hand and led her into the bedroom…where he had a bowl of water and a towel. He got down on his knees and said, “Scripture tells me to love you like Jesus loves the church. He modeled that love for us in the Gospel of John when He washed the feet of the disciples. I want to make it my goal in life to put your needs before mine, to serve you as best as I can. And so right now, before anything else takes place tonight, I want to wash your feet as an example of how I plan on serving you for the rest of my life!”
DANG!!!
#2 - Talk To Her
When we get home after a long day…we should talk TO HER! All too often we sum up our day in 30 seconds or less, then sit on the couch, expect her to have dinner ready, expect her to get the kids ready for bed…and then expect her to be “ready” in “30 seconds or less!”
BUT…one of the things that I am continually discovering is that my wife wants to have an emotional connection with me…and a lot of that happens as a result of me talking to her, telling her about my day…and including the details of things that take place.
I used to be HORRIBLE at this! I didn’t realize it until we were in a group one time and people were saying things to her like, “Hey ‘Cretia, did Perry tell you about (BLANK),” and she would look at me and say, “No, I guess he hasn’t had time yet.”
Truth is…I didn’t MAKE the time to communicate with her, to tell her the details of my day…thus she didn’t feel as close to me.
So now…I MAKE IT a priority! I don’t want her finding out about my day through other people…I want her to KNOW she’s important…and the formula I’ve discovered is DETAILS = IMPORTANT!
#3 - Listen To Her!!!
I once heard that the average man uses 5,000 words per day…and the average woman uses 10,000 with gusts up to 15,000!!! Men, they use twice as many words!!! Do you know why?
DETAILS = IMPORTANT!
When they are talking they want to communicate EVERYTHING to us…not because they want to bore us to death, but because they want us to FEEL like they FEEL!
SO…that means we can’t tell them, “Talk to me during the commercials please!” That is NOT romantic!
We can’t sit there and zone out of the conversation with her and proceed to watch the movie on television we’ve seen 100 times and then think we’ve had “intimate” conversation! Just doesn’t work!
We can’t ask them, “Does this story have an ending? Can we get there please?”
“Well Perry,” you say, “it’s hard to be patient when she’s going on and on!”
I am quite sure God has felt the same way about us at times when we are talking to Him!
We’ve GOT to make time for the details!