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Some husbands view the sacrificial love and care of their wives, to which they have been called, as some grievous burden weighing heavily on their backs; others view it as a blessed honor and divine privilege to be treasured in their hearts. For the latter, it not only has rich reward in this life, but the expectation of a lasting value in the resurrection.
Divine love is “gladly spent” for its object, regardless of the response.
I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved (II Corinthians 12:15).
Yet with the greatest relish shall I spend and be bankrupted for the sake of your souls, even if loving you more exceedingly diminishes your love for me (CV).
Godly husbands ardently agree with Paul. They count it their highest privilege to bring the love of Christ to their wives.
Clyde L. Pilkington, Jr.
(Excerpted from his upcoming book, Wife Loving)
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