{"id":535,"date":"2010-06-04T13:51:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T05:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=535"},"modified":"2010-06-04T13:51:40","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T05:51:40","slug":"wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part of marriage life is the preparation class I took 2 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Something that opened my eyes then and always remembered as my great homework.<\/p>\n<p>The study of her, and woman in general.<\/p>\n<p>Many things i&#8217;ve found out after the 9 months into marriage<\/p>\n<p>What Proverb says I absolutely agree. That an excellent wife, far better than precious jewels. And more than house &amp; wealth that could be inherited from parents, a prudent wife comes from the Lord .<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly when I meditate on question about Peter&#8217;s description of wife as &#8220;weaker vessel&#8221;, i wonder if it refers to the whole thing about woman, and a wife in particular. That she needs the love in form of words, gestures, actions, in short&#8230;assurance of being loved.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;..husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker\u00a0vessel,..&#8221; (1 Pet 3 : 7)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As i was thinking about this, hearing someone share about her family life. How her husband told her stupid, and then later when she reflected again, she thought herself quite stupid. I don&#8217;t know the complete story, nor do I try to find out more the actuality of the story. But one thing I take to heart, how important is a husband&#8217;s word for the wife. Whether he meant it or not, and whether the wife seriously believe it or not, somehow&#8230;part of being a wife, what husband say carry importance. Not sure whether vice versa though<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lord, forgive me for the hurting words that I&#8217;ve spoken to her. And help me to speak gentle &amp; loving words to my wife.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of marriage life is the preparation class I took 2 years ago. Something that opened my eyes then and always remembered as my great homework. The study of her, and woman in general. Many things i&#8217;ve found out after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/wife\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,106,108],"tags":[226],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-peter","category-in-relationship","category-love","tag-marriage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1995,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/the-passing-of-a-supportive-wife\/","url_meta":{"origin":535,"position":0},"title":"The Passing of a Supportive Wife","author":"clay","date":"February 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Life is so full of mystery. 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