Loving Your Husband
This is comprised partly, of my opinion, based on my experience(s), combined with the Bible and psychological studies over the years. I believe there are 3 extremely important areas of a man that must be met by his wife:
- Sexual needs
- Psychological needs
- Emotional needs
Sexual Needs
I put this number one because it truly is men's number one need. There are feminists out there that want to deny this. There are Christian "experts" who want to say it isn't a "need". However, I will step out and say it is NUMERO UNO to most normal men. A man by nature has been given a sexual drive that far surpasses the female in most (not all) cases. It is something that can only be suppressed for so long.
The wife does not own her body, the husband does. I hear some of you wagging your finger in the air saying that ain't so, but lets see what God said:
1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband:...
Your husband should be able to enjoy you when he wants. He shouldn't have to beg for it. He shouldn't be denied it. He shouldn't be put off to another time. You should freely meet his sexual needs as often as he would like. I know that I just upset a whole lot of women but this is really how it should be. Our society is made up of feminists who think men have to beg for it, be denied it, earn it, work for it, etc. That is cruel knowing that your husband's greatest need as a man is his need to be fulfilled sexually. There are times that you can both agree to abstain for a time due to extraordinary circumstances. I would think this would be things like surgery, sickness, moving, etc. However, if you have a headache every time he wants it, you need to rethink your true motives toward these "illnesses" that put him off.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
If you defraud your husband - you will reap the consequences! You can't deprive him of affection and expect him to feel good towards you. I knew many women in recent years, yes Christian women, who would brag about not letting their husbands have it unless he did this or that. I remember being disgusted at hearing them talk to one another and laugh as if it was some sort of a game. I was thinking of their husbands and how horrible it was probably for them to endure deprivation in such a manner and also to remain pure before God and resist temptation. These wives put their husbands in a situation that made him weak to fight off temptation. I personally believe that they are partly, if not more so, responsible for the husband's infidelity, if he did get to that point due to his wife's defraudment.
I know this flies in the face of society and our culture but it should be the normal teaching in the Christian world. If you truly LOVE your husband, it will not be an issue to meet his greatest need. To not meet it, is to not love him. You are his partner in life and you should be the one that does all you can to help him resist all that is around him. Everywhere men turn there are women showing themselves off. He already fights this daily and if you neglect your duty, you make it even harder for him to resist lust. He has a hard enough time and you are supposed to be his cherished love - act like it! If you don't love him, believe me, someone else will.
Being a Christian is a life of self-denial, being a sinner is a life of selfishness. Wives, you have to deny yourself sometimes when your husband needs it and you don't feel like it. Feminists want to be selfish and hold it over their husband's heads, as if they have the power. This should not be so among Christian wives.
My husband has said he has never lusted after another woman than me in our entire marriage of almost 18 years. He hasn't even entertained the thought. There is a reason for that, besides simply being saved and filled with the Holy Spirit and a man of high character, - his wife meets his needs.
Disclaimer: I know there are even Christian men, who will have wives that meet their needs and still lust, view pornography (which is adultery) and commit acts of infidelity. These men have become unbridled somewhere along the way and allowed their thoughts to be uncontrolled. That is not the wife's fault! I also believe if a man wants it 5 times a day, he needs to gain control of himself. You can't expect the wife to fulfill her duty past the point of physical harm in such cases. This would be something one should seek a medical solution to, to lower the sex drive.
Part 2 - Psychological Needs
