~ Lydia
Delighting
in Your Man
You've waited, prayed and kept yourself for this man. The day you marry him will be one of
wonder and delight, but as those moments fades into memories never forget to
delight in this man you chose.
Elizabeth Elliot says in "Let Me Be a Woman", "You hear the call, you answer, you
accept the task, you enter into it willingly and eagerly. You commit yourself to its disciplines and responsibilities,
and limitations, and privileges. You
concentrate on it, giving yourself to it day after day in a life long
'Yes'. Having said 'yes' to the man who
asked you to marry him, you go on saying 'yes' to marriage."
Saying "yes" to marriage is a daily privilege and
at times requires great effort. But
striving to delight in your man is one of the most powerful things you can do
for your marriage!
Principles of Delight
(or practical application):
1) Never quench the spirit of delight and wonder
you experience at the sound of his voice!
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains,
skipping upon the hills.
Song of Solomon 2:8&9
2) Know why you love/chose this man, and never
forget it!
Song of Solomon 5:9-16
- Make a list
(write it down)
- Tell him! (the
spoken word is powerful)
- Show him (actions
reinforce your words)
- Tell others
(there is nothing wrong with bragging up your man!)
- Tell your
children (there is nothing more powerful in the life of a child than knowing
their mama adores daddy)
3) Love on him!
1st Corinthians 7:1-5
Men need physical
affection, more so than we as woman, never let your ministry of love be lacking
in this area, there is no better way to show your man how much you delight in
him!
4) Listen to his
concerns and preferences
In household matters we tend to think we are all knowing and
he is not. God will bless you as you
show your delight to your husband by choosing to honor his requests or
preferences in your home, in food, clothing, media (both if he is more strict
or more lenient than you)
In Closing:
Jealously Guard his Love
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love
is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals
of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Many waters can not quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a
man would give all the sustenance
of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Song of Solomon 8:6&7
- Keep his confidence
- Encourage him
- Submit
- Show honor in the small things
- Brag on him
- Lavish him with Affection
- Always be physically available for him
- Initiate
You are now the
keeper of his heart!
As you nurture your
wonder and awe of the man God created for you, lavish him with your delight
and let him know how
much you treasure the gift of his heart.
Never let him wonder!
Be
"proactive".
Don't be afraid of
letting EVERYONE know how much you DELIGHT in
YOUR MAN!
