by Pastor Cecil | Dec 9, 2020 | Genesis
Genesis 2:24
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
I recently heard Pastor Ed Young suggest that a large percentage of the conflict within marriages is the fault of the husband. At first, I was stunned by his comment, but as I reflected back on my long career as a Christian Counselor, I’m afraid I must agree.
Far too many husbands have the attitude that they are the big cheese in the family and everyone should devote themselves to making him content. That includes his wife. How far from the Scripture that concept really is.
In Ephesians 5:25 we read the God-given instructions for husbands: “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her.” So, husband, how are you doing in obeying this command? More enlightening, how would your wife say you are doing?
In a day and age when husbands disappear into their “man-caves” (I despise that concept), it is time for Godly husbands to show their wives that they are cherished. Say the words and demonstrate the sacrificial actions — die to your own selfish demands and bring new life into your marriage!
Blessings dear hearts. May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil
by Pastor Cecil | Jan 23, 2020 | Genesis
Genesis 37:31
“So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood.”
What is the definition of a lie? It may not necessarily be just words, but it may be the intentional misleading of another person to come to a false conclusion. Most (if not all) of us have at one time or another stretched the truth to the point that it became a lie. In the case of Joseph’s brothers, they allowed their father to assume that his favored son had been killed by some wild animal.
They did not actually tell the lie, but they presented Joseph’s bloody tunic and acted as if they had simply found it. Then they let their father believe a completely false scenario of his own imagination. I can only imagine the guilt they must have felt each time they heard their father’s weeping over a son he believed had been so violently killed.
I think it would be worthwhile for each of us to stop and consider if we have been guilty of leading someone else to believe something that is not true. Remember those devious brothers of Joseph and examine our own actions to determine if we are guilty of a prelude to a lie.
We may justify ourselves in that we did not actually tell a lie, but did we lead others to believe something that was false?
May God richly bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil
