{"id":746,"date":"2025-10-25T09:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T09:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=746"},"modified":"2025-10-25T09:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T09:22:26","slug":"how-to-love-your-husband-by-susan-karsten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/25\/how-to-love-your-husband-by-susan-karsten\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of How to Love Your Husband, part 1, by Susan Karsten"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Don\u2019t you just love that phrase, \u201cHow to \u2026\u201d? How-to books, advice columns, lists of do\u2019s and don\u2019ts abound. God\u2019s word has much great advice, and “secrets” abound, especially about loving. For example, Ephesians 4:32:<\/p>

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,<\/em>\u00a0as God in Christ forgave you<\/em>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Since this one passage is so rich with gems for loving our husbands, let’s go no further.<\/p>\n

Be kind<\/strong> to him. Choose kindness, even when he doesn\u2019t earn or deserve it. Think back to \"\"how you both showed each other your best during courtship and engagement, were you ever sour, moody, or impatient then?<\/p>\n

Be tenderhearted<\/strong> toward him and his failings. Love covers a multitude of sins (failings), so \u201cput on the love cover<\/em>\u201d(1Peter 4:8) when your husband\u2019s weaknesses affect you. An unexpected smile can go a long way toward softening hearts.<\/p>\n

A forgiving <\/strong>attitude will bring peace of mind and peace in your marriage. Try forgiving in advance<\/em> and not even entering into a dispute or criticism though you are in the right. He will be so relieved that you \u201clet him off the hook\u201d. You will be amazed at the peace that will dwell in your relationship. This forgiving in advance is sometimes called forbearance<\/strong>. God\u2019s forbearing love chose us to be his children, and we should not aspire to anything less.<\/p>\n

\u2026 This was to show God\u2019s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. <\/em>Romans 3: 25b<\/p>\n

Just touching on scripture\u2019s rich words on forbearing love can inspire us to imitate Christ\u2019s love \"\"toward our God-given husbands. Forgiving in advance is a mighty tool from God to improve our marriages.<\/p>\n

Praising God for all His Blessings,\u00a0Susan<\/p>\n

Originally posted 2012-06-08 10:00:00. <\/small><\/p>

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Don\u2019t you just love that phrase, \u201cHow to \u2026\u201d? How-to books, advice columns, lists of do\u2019s and don\u2019ts abound. God\u2019s word has much great advice, and “secrets” abound, especially about loving. For example, Ephesians 4:32: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,\u00a0as God in Christ forgave you.\u00a0 Since this one passage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}