THE FRONT SIDE

 

Monday, October 28, 2024

 

THE FRONT SIDE

Eph 5:28-30

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

 

          Many of you know that these devotionals began as a blog called
The Backside of the Pulpit. The idea is and was that the view toward the pew was much different than the view from the pew.

 

          Well, as a retired pastor, I can take my place in the pew along side my wife. I consider it a great gift to listen to my shepherd and to hold hands with my wife. My big Bible is left at home because in my right hand is a cane and in my left hand is the hand of my wife. We support one another. My Bible is a digital one, on my phone. I mean no disrespect.

 

          The truth is that she is the strong one. Believing in me when I doubted myself and encouraging me in my orthodox and un-orthodox ventures. She knew the hurt I never spoke. Now I am trying to be the man that Ephesians five says I should be. I am making some small progress.

 

Eph 5:33

33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

 

Thank you, Lord for my helper and my mate. AMEN