Gold Nugget 333 - A Rare Spiritual Union
There should be no secret between husband and wife. Surely it is a mistake for a husband to hide his trouble from his wife out of a desire to spare her pain, and equally so for the wife to do the same in regard to her husband. …
Each must be prepared to meet with faults in the other. But each would be less provoked by those faults if the husband would think rather of what his wife has to endure in him than of what he may be annoyed at in her, and if the wife would reflect in the say way on her own failings. …
It is sad to see how rarely the Christian idea of marriage is realized; but little better can be expected till men and women are aiming throughout at a higher life than what is now prevalent in society – a life of spiritual union with Christ.
The Pulpit Commentary, Ephesians p. 255, Ephesians 5: 22-23, (W. F. Adeney)
Gold Nugget 333
A Rare Spiritual Union
