LOVE HIS WAY

   

We think that in this kingdom that love is what we feel. She may look so inviting; he may look very real. That love is best experienced while we are in the bed, With any man or woman who features in our head. Perhaps she’s as seductive as the winner of Miss World? Or he looks far more handsome and appeals to every girl? And so, because we feel like is we’re in each other’s arms,       Reaching for the limits of each other’s sexual charms.

But this is just erotic. It isn’t love at all. It’s satisfies a passion. A drive which from the fall, Has dominated people in a strange Satanic way. And it is never satisfied; regardless, come what may. It’s rather like the animals when oestrous comes round. Who mate with one another wherever they are found. It’s like a bitch in season or an elephant in must. But what it all boils down to is nothing more than lust. This isn’t what Christ taught us. It’s just a parody, Of what a true relationship was first designed to be. A man should love his wife the way that Jesus loves His Church. The honour of her husband; a wife should not besmirch. The husband should be willing to lay his life aside,        In total dedication to the one who is his bride.

It never is a question of how the man can cheat, And thereby be unfaithful to his wife so warm and sweet. The wife should find great pleasure in submitting to her man, The way the Lord has told us was given as His plan. This cannot be subservience. She wasn’t made that way; But as an equal partner, she can care for every day. There’s something very beautiful in this relationship. And Jesus gave His life for us; He wanted to equip, His followers that loved Him to find they are fulfilled, By mutual submission with which the Lord is thrilled! There is no domination; there are no hidden threats. There’s just a way of living, without any regrets. He wants us to be willing for us to do the same, For any Christian brother or sister in His Name. We know that it is difficult. I can’t do it for you, Unless I first can do it, for the one I’m married to. A wife cannot be willing to lay herself aside, Until she’s learned to do it for her husband as his bride. And this is what we’re called to. The Lord has shown the way. And that is what’s expected from us from day to day. But are we truly willing; or would we all prefer, To live just like an animal that lusts for him or her? We all have this in front of us and each of us must choose. To do what He requires of us; to win or else to lose.. Jim Strickland – written Thursday, 29 September 2011