i’ve read this verse over and over again. it doesn’t say respect your husband only when you feel he deserves it, it doesn’t say he has to GIVE respect to GET respect and it’s certainly not up to us to deem when he is worthy of it. God was pretty clear with this verse, the wife MUST respect her husband.
so, i know this girl who has a hot, quick temper and a big, fat mouth and she can cut to the bone with words. and i’m she is pretty good at pointing out her husbands faults and failures. and can pick up on disrespect lickity-split when it’s coming from someone else but can’t see when she is being totally disrespectful to her husband. if it takes you a while to catch on like me her, sometimes it makes it a little easier when you can read a list. so i’ve composed a little list of things men see as disrespectful.
- nagging
- not spending time with him
- speaking badly about him infront of others and belittling him
- yelling at him
- undermining his authority
- withholding sex and using it to manipulate a situation
- cutting him off mid-sentence
- shifting blame to him
- body language – sighing, frowning while you talk and eye rolling
- criticizing him
- not giving him the attention he craves
- putting yourself first rather than him and your family
- not having confidence in his decision making
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