Husbands
In me there is no good thing of myself that I have done
For in this heart of selfishness I am the number one
But when by grace I let God have all that I used to be
The miracle of what He does is clear for all to see
For I might be short tempered but in Him long-suffering
In me I might be quick to speak instead of studying
The circumstantial situation that I need to see
To understand the contribution that might come from me
That complicates the matter or confuses the results
Where if I would be patient I need not tender insults
But see how I might lift the burden someone else might feel
And show the true compassion that through God is very real
Because I see His patience as He deals with me each day
And how though I'm so faulty He still wipes my sins away
And strengthens and encourages me not to fail again
So I might be His vehicle to share with other men
The talents of the Christian man who focuses first thing
Each morning on God's tender love that He is offering
For us to grasp and emulate to others who are weak
To draw them by love's tender chords to Him we all should seek
But terribly too often we let self rule what's inside
And our own vulnerability we struggle hard to hide
Behind a mask of fretfulness that's truly infantile
And harden our exterior when we should only smile
And tell the one who's nearest us we'd like to share their pain
And help them through their suffering to not feel pressed again
Without knowing within their heart we share their burden too
And will by our ability do all that we can do
To live up to the promise we once made to them and God
To work together as one flesh while in this path we trod
In tuned to what they're needing from the man that we should be
The man that spends each morning at the foot of Calvary
Remembering the Price God paid when He bought all our sin
And how the great apostles felt when they were welcomed in
The Presence of the One they failed Who still brought love to them
The way we too must love our wives by being more like Him
Ephesians 5:22-33; Colossians 3:18-19; 1 Peter 3:7
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