夫妻之爱如舞蹈,和谐的舞蹈需要无数次的演习,即便如此,跳舞中也常有差错,恰如婚姻,双方都有错的时候,唯有宽容,接纳和恩典,才能将舞曲跳下去,越舞越精彩。
基督教的婚姻,丈夫是一家之头,要舍己地爱妻子,但若妻子不愿意接受丈夫的领导,丈夫该如何?婚姻课为丈夫们提供以下几点可行建议:
- 保持谦卑的态度 (Maintain an attitude of humility.)
- 认识并承认自己的过错 (Acknowledge and confess your own sin.)
- 设身处地从她的角度考虑 (Get in her shoes.)
- 了解神赋予你的职责(Know your biblical role.)
- 常为妻子祷告(Pray regularly for her.)
- 下决心去原谅 (Decide to forgive.)
- 让荣耀神成为你最高的宗旨 (Make God's glory your highest goal.)
归根到底,作为一家之“头”的仆人式的丈夫领导,责任何其重大!他们怎样才能胜任其职,在婚姻的舞台带领妻子,舍己地爱妻子,爱孩子,坚固家庭,让家庭荣耀神。
婚姻课程的教材里有以下25种方式启发丈夫们成为家庭的灵命领导,原文是英文,今夜轻舟顺手翻译如下,与男士们分享:
1)每天与你妻子祈祷。 Pray daily with your wife.
2)写情书给你妻子。 Write a love letter that she'd like to receive.
3) 发现你妻子最需要的三项东西,在接下来的十二个月里竭尽全力地得到它们。
Discover her top three needs and over the next twelve months go all out to meet them.
4) 买玫瑰送给她。把她抱在怀中。轻柔地托着她的脸,看着她的眼睛对她说,“我愿意与你结婚,一遍又 一遍。”
Buy her a rose. Take her in your arms. Hold her face gently. Look into her eyes and say, "I'd marry you all over again!"
5) 周末带她到外度假。 Take her on a weekend getaway.
6) 读圣经经文给她听。Read the Scriptures to her.
7) 说话时用“委身”代替“离婚”! Replace the "D" word with the "C" word! (D = divorce; C = Commitment)
8) 追求她。 Court her.
9) 保持对她的忠诚。Remain faithful to her.
10) 实现你婚姻的盟约。 Fulfill your marriage covenant.
11) 至少一周有一个晚上是家庭时间。Have a family time at least one night a week.
12) 用生活情景教会你的孩子信任神。Use circumstances to teach your children to trust God.
13) 保护你的家庭免受邪恶。 Protect your family from evil.
14) 抑制你的青春期孩子的激情。 Restrain your teenager's passion.
15) 与你的孩子们定下灵命目标。 Set spiritual goals for your children.
16) 带孩子们参加宣教旅行。 Take your children on mission trips.
17) 发现孩子做好事时,立即指出,以资鼓励。Catch your kids doing something right.
18) 与你的女儿们约会。Date your daughters.
19) 审查你的期盼。 Inspect what you expect.
20) 与你的青春期孩子早餐学习圣经《箴言》的智慧。Do a Proverbs breakfast Bible study with your teens.
21) 拥抱亲吻你的孩子们。Hug and kiss your children.
22) 当你做错时,请你的孩子们原谅你。 Ask your children for forgiveness when you fail them.
23) 与家人祈祷。 Pray with them.
24) 鼓励家人为神做工,让他们去做神赋予他们的使命。 Call them to a spiritual mission to do what God wants to do with their lives.
25) 持之以恒,别放弃。 Persevere and don't quit.
(未完待续)