We are all Equal but Different

In, The Family: The Proclamation to the World, it states, “By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners.” Now I am not about to go into a long speech about how wives are meant for the kitchen and husbands are meant to go to work and provide. What I am getting at, with this quote, is that husband and wives, in their marriage and in their home, have particular roles that they fill (may be flip flopped or divided differently), but even though the rolls are different they are equal partners. For a marriage to work well and in synch, both the husband and the wives need to respect, honor, and listen to one another. If one partner decides that they don’t need to listen or hear the other one, you are doomed to ultimately fail.

I have heard so many times that a marriage is 50-50. However, actually, a marriage should be 100-100. You give it everything you have. But the key is, you work together as a team. Wives need to respect their husbands as well in turn Husband needs to respect their wives. You have to show respect. You have to hear each others opinions, you can’t just make decisions about your life on your own anymore, because your spouse is part of your life now. You are not just deciding for yourself, it is going to affect both of you. If the man is the head of the house hold in your family, not only should the wife support him, but the husband needs to show respect and love towards his wife. If either one of you tries to overpower the other, instead of sharing and being equal partners, you will hurt one of you, if not both. Tearing down the bonds of marriage that you took so hard building up.

Respect, love and care for another. You are both equal partners with different responsibilities. Without both of you, the foundation of your marriage will surely crumble.