Let Your Guard Down!
“Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.” I Peter 3:7 NKJV
The thought dawned on me for some time now as a married person we like to think we are the party that has it all together. I am discovering as a married woman that there are many areas that I am desiring and have not quite grabbed hold of sufficiently. I wish I could say.... “Yes, I am at the place called there, but ‘there’ is alluding me.
We live in a world where women are go getters, we are tough, we are strong and we are mighty. This is good, but not always expedient.
I have been pondering in my heart how wives across this great world want to be treated as a feminine being. We want to be catered to as woman. We want to be treated like a Lady. We want to be special. We want all of what is womanly in us to be embraced and nurtured…..As I am writing this, this ringing in my ears is happening…
LOUD & VERY CLEAR…
These words rang in my ears over and over and over and over again… “You will have to become weak to receive any of these request” WHAT???? WEAK????
Unhunh….weak…this scripture above says honor your wives as the weaker vessel; not weak as in lower class, or below par; but weak as in humble, weak as in vulnerable…ugh! ;-) I know what you are thinking…”It is <span>his</span> responsibility to honor me as the weaker vessel…but hear in lies the bigger problem…
“ARE YOU ALLOWING YOURSELF TO BE WEAK?” The scripture says ….as…the weaker vessel, somehow that “as” adds a whole new element, and my “as” has not been cooperating…LOL (No pun intended).
I know this is an area for me ladies and gents that I have been slothful in. I am an “I can do it myself” kind of girl, have been all my life. Before I was hitched, if I wanted a nice dinner out, I treated myself. If I felt like a movie, I looked one up and bought the biggest popcorn, set in the row of “MY” choice and watched the flick.
I know that God does not mind my strength nor does my husband. However, it is my weakness they both are ATTRACTED TO. If I can be vulnerable, then I can as well be honored with all the desires of my heart.
Let your guard down and allow the door to be opened. Stay in the passenger seat until he comes to get you with the umbrella. Stand on the stoop and wait for the car to be pulled around. You don’t have to make it happen. Be free to be all things feminine as the “weaker” vessel.
Letting My Guard Down,
Beverly Jenkins
R&R/BIMR
All Things Feminine
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