Helping Men be Husbands/Fathers
Scott Maze
Ephesians 5:15-33
Two funny items that help our culture shape its views on men and marriage. The first is a story from researcher, Brene Brown. She tells a funny story where she is drinking a cup of coffee while wearing white pants and a pink sweater. It's her second cup of coffee while waiting on her husband, Steve, to get home. As she was drinking, the coffee cup slips out of her hand and drops onto the tile floor below. The cup has smashed into a thousand pieces and sends coffee everywhere, including on her white pants. In the nanoseconds that it takes for the coffee to ruin her pants, she says, ''[Dang] you, Steve.'' It seems that husbands get blamed for everything! He told her he would be home by ten that night so in effort to keep awake for me, she has a second cup of coffee where normally she would only have the one.
Men and Marriage
The second antidote comes from a song when I was in high school. Some of you may remember the comical song, ''Keep Your Hands to Yourself'' by The Georgia Satellites. The lyrics tell the story of a woman (from her boyfriend's perspective) who refuses to become more imitate with him until he marries her. The last refrain goes like this:
You see, I wanted her real bad and I was about to give in
That's when she started talking about true love, started talking about sin
I said, ''Honey, I'll live with you for the rest of my life''
She said, ''No huggee, no kissee until you make me a wife''
My honey, my baby, don't put my love upon no shelf
She said, ''Don't hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself''
Today, I want you to see the fuel for living in a continual loving marriage relationship. I want to hack into the fuel for loving and forgiving another and lay the code out for all of us to see. Our goal is to see sturdy, durable marriages that spread joy for generations.
1. The Wounds of a Self-Centered Relationship
Marriage is hard. Marriage is h ...
Scott Maze
Ephesians 5:15-33
Two funny items that help our culture shape its views on men and marriage. The first is a story from researcher, Brene Brown. She tells a funny story where she is drinking a cup of coffee while wearing white pants and a pink sweater. It's her second cup of coffee while waiting on her husband, Steve, to get home. As she was drinking, the coffee cup slips out of her hand and drops onto the tile floor below. The cup has smashed into a thousand pieces and sends coffee everywhere, including on her white pants. In the nanoseconds that it takes for the coffee to ruin her pants, she says, ''[Dang] you, Steve.'' It seems that husbands get blamed for everything! He told her he would be home by ten that night so in effort to keep awake for me, she has a second cup of coffee where normally she would only have the one.
Men and Marriage
The second antidote comes from a song when I was in high school. Some of you may remember the comical song, ''Keep Your Hands to Yourself'' by The Georgia Satellites. The lyrics tell the story of a woman (from her boyfriend's perspective) who refuses to become more imitate with him until he marries her. The last refrain goes like this:
You see, I wanted her real bad and I was about to give in
That's when she started talking about true love, started talking about sin
I said, ''Honey, I'll live with you for the rest of my life''
She said, ''No huggee, no kissee until you make me a wife''
My honey, my baby, don't put my love upon no shelf
She said, ''Don't hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself''
Today, I want you to see the fuel for living in a continual loving marriage relationship. I want to hack into the fuel for loving and forgiving another and lay the code out for all of us to see. Our goal is to see sturdy, durable marriages that spread joy for generations.
1. The Wounds of a Self-Centered Relationship
Marriage is hard. Marriage is h ...
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