Ephesians 5:
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.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
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.
Words of wisdom from Pastor Allen's exposition of this passage:
v. 28: No one needs instruction on how to love himself. Our economy is based on self love: L'Oreal says, "Because I'm worth it." McDonald's says, "You deserve a break today."
v. 29: To have empathy means to be "in feeling with." We husbands should respond to our wives' circumstances as though they were own own.
On reading each other's meanings: "Men are digital; women are analog."
On reading moods: "When we think our wife is being picky, critical, ill-tempered, snappish, she's saying, "I feel fat, old, unattractive, useless."
Finally, "Two things wives need to be convinced of:
1. Will you take care of me?"
2. Will you love me and desire me?"
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