{"id":1575,"date":"2017-06-08T02:41:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T02:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2017-07-09T23:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T23:00:23","slug":"what-are-you-looking-for-in-a-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"What Are You Looking for in a Wife?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I think that we put less (rational) thought into choosing a mate, than we do when choosing a vehicle. \u00a0Oh, that one is a pretty color, but does it have a motor? \u00a0Oh, that one is a classic, but you can only drive it in parades? \u00a0Oh, that one has 500 HP, but can you afford to buy the gas? \u00a0Oh, that one is as fast as a rocket, but is it street legal? \u00a0Whatever happened to just being practical or making a wise decision?<\/strong><\/p>\n

So what makes our decision about a life’s mate wise and practical? \u00a0Are you going to have children? \u00a0Don’t pick someone who hates kids. \u00a0Are you looking for someone to raise and teach the kids certain values? \u00a0Don’t pick someone who doesn’t share those values. \u00a0Are you looking for someone that you can trust? \u00a0Don’t pick someone who looks really good but is unstable. \u00a0Are you looking for a Christian believer? \u00a0Don’t pick someone who isn’t a Christian with the idea that you will convert them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chances are you are not going to meet someone this week and know within two weeks, three months or even a year that this is the one that meets all the above. \u00a0Even someone who professes to be a Christian should not be accepted as such based on their word alone. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Does their life action match what they say? \u00a0Are they under the Spirit’s control? \u00a0Do they manipulate? \u00a0Is the Word of God important to them? \u00a0What kind of friends do they have? \u00a0How do they handle money? \u00a0Do they love the brethren? \u00a0Observing all this takes time and it doesn’t need to take place in a romantic relationship. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before I met my wife, I came up with what I considered to be some biblical guidelines to keep me on track and to help me find God’s will for a mate. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The desire of my heart was to find a wife that was willing to help me find God’s will and who would support me in doing so. \u00a0I was also looking for someone who would help me raise our kids according to biblical values. \u00a0 My heart’s desire was for a wife who was loyal and faithful and in whom my heart could safely trust. \u00a0I was looking for a woman of godly character. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

When it was time, I knew it was to be her. \u00a0There were no nagging doubts. \u00a0<\/strong>I found her or I should say that God led us to each other. \u00a0I have often said of her; “I dated some prettier, but none more beautiful”.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. \u00a0Proverbs 31:28 – 31<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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