Men.Reclaim your kingdom from your wives.

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We had a gathering today. Mostly men and a single woman. The topic went to men and their role in a modern home. The question was: Is the man still the king of his castle?

MingXin: I am not sure. I have to ask my wife.
Paul : I don’t know if my wife will agree with that.
Daisy: I was told even among the mafia, the Godfather is under the thumbs of the real boss: the Godmother.
Arthur: I am too busy for all that stuff. I just pay my wife money every month.
Dennis: Whatever also canlah. I dont want to look for trouble. This morning I gave her RM300.00 to buy herself a birthday present. I am not sure if she was offended.
Daisy: Men shirk their duty as the king of the house and the poor wife has to assume their duties. That is why there are problem kids
Andy: God is the king of my home. To me, my quiet time with God is because I love God and not a duty. I wonder what my wife will say if I go upstairs and tell her, ” Dear, I am talking to you because it is my duty,”
Valentine: She alone knows where my children are. She always knows where I leave my keys and my wallet.

Kong Hua: We men must reclaim our kingdom. Take back the power from the women in the house. Excuse me, my wife is on the phone. Yes, huh where were we?
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22 For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. 24 As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.

25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her 26 to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.[b] 27 He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. 28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. 29 No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. 30 And we are members of his body.

Ephesians 5

5 Comments to "Men.Reclaim your kingdom from your wives."

  1. LC_Teh on 25 October, 2007

    LOL Those chaps must be joking.

    these grp of people r my close frens :) jesting a little perhaps here but there is some truth in it too :)

  2. jam on 25 October, 2007

    We men had been thrown from our thrones long time already. From the time we swallowed our pride to woo a lady to becoming her slave after marriage. What can do? They will just ask you, “You think giving birth is an easy job ah? Go and find others doing it for you!” Then, you are speechless, cannot fight back!

    we cannot bear children :(

  3. keeyit on 25 October, 2007

    Both also equally important.. Husband and wife also work. So both must share the burden to take care of home..

    ah, the contemporary viewpoint :)

  4. Adino on 25 October, 2007

    Actually before this is an important verse that gives proper context on why we should do this:

    vs 21: “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” which means that a Christian couple to do so in respect to God.

    Also remember that husbands are only worthy of respect and submission from wives if they love their wives in the first place.

    Another part is, see how this seems like a commandment from God, which means that wives and husbands have to do what they are supposed to do even when they don’t feel like it or the other party isn’t doing their part.

    This means husbands must continue loving their wife even if they don’t submit to them, and wives must continue respecting their husbands even if they are not being loved.

    Just wanted to share what I learned from marriage counselling :)

    An interesting question though, don’t you think?

  5. KwangErn on 28 October, 2007

    That’s why there’s a saying that goes something like this, “A General can handle hundreds of thousands, but he can’t handle his wife” haha

    The verse you pointed out is also interesting. A slightly different point of view that I have learnt is, for a woman to truly submit to a man is very difficult, and the same for a man to truly love a woman. Now, take a step back, and think. It’s actually very true in many cases. By nature we completely suck in that…generally speaking of course.

    Now, let the wives read Proverbs 31. ;)

    Mrs BB has never read a bible and is unlikely to :)

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