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When You’ve Been Married a While: Husbands, Pay Attention
Men and women certainly have different styles of communication. Millions of arguments and hard feelings have arisen when spouses misunderstood each other or missed important messages completely.
Women thrive on communication and use a wide variety of ways to send messages. Men miss about half of them because they generally aren’t looking, aren’t listening, and might not detect anything if they were.
The apostle Peter was a married man and knew exactly what he was writing about: “Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers” (1 Peter 3:7). Considerate means “Pay attention!” Literally the original Greek says, “Live with her according to knowledge.”
Good leaders adapt to their surroundings. Husbands, don’t insist that your wife adapt her communication style to you. Learn her language, verbal and nonverbal. There is a marvelous benefit in letting your wife train you in female communication. You will understand the other 50 percent of the human race a lot better. Pay attention!
Men and women certainly have different styles of communication. Millions of arguments and hard feelings have arisen when spouses misunderstood each other or missed important messages completely.
Women thrive on communication and use a wide variety of ways to send messages. Men miss about half of them because they generally aren’t looking, aren’t listening, and might not detect anything if they were.
The apostle Peter was a married man and knew exactly what he was writing about: “Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers” (1 Peter 3:7). Considerate means “Pay attention!” Literally the original Greek says, “Live with her according to knowledge.”
Good leaders adapt to their surroundings. Husbands, don’t insist that your wife adapt her communication style to you. Learn her language, verbal and nonverbal. There is a marvelous benefit in letting your wife train you in female communication. You will understand the other 50 percent of the human race a lot better. Pay attention!
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Marriage is an amazing gift from God, but it is also hard. Many marriages struggle - partners either don’t know how to treat each other or they know and don't want to change. These devotions, one for each day of your month, are for married people, for those who hope to be married, and for all of you who used to be married. Re-listen to God's words about this sacred institution and rededicate your ways to be more like his ways.
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