Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Game or Your Wife - #8053

Monday, July 14, 2008

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Okay, I know its baseball season, but you’ve got to hear this great football story. My friend, Steve, is a Cheesehead—I mean he’s a Green Bay Packer’s fan. And he was watching his beloved Packers play my beloved Giants in the NFC Championship Game. His wife, Shari, was actually close to her due date to deliver their first child. While they were in a huge overtime situation—there was a crucial interception—suddenly, his wife came out of the bathroom soaked from the waist down. He’s thinking, good grief her water’s broken, and Steve stood there for a minute—Cheesehead and all—looking first at his desperate wife, and then at his desperate team fighting for the championship, and it was a tough choice. Funny part—his wife staged the whole thing!

I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and after I laughed about Steve, I looked in the mirror. What do I choose when the game’s intense and my wife needs me, and it’s no joke. You know the Bible lays out the basis for all the choices we’re to make as husbands. “Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church, and gave Himself up for her” (Ephesians 5:25 ). There’s God’s priority for a man who really wants a life that matters. I’m to give myself up for her.

The minister who married us never got around to doing marriage counseling with us, but he gave me three words just before we left for our honeymoon. He said, “Put her first.” Am I? Are you?

Listen, if our daily visits are helpful to you, I want to invite you to our website. It’s ALifeThatMatters.org because God put you here to live a life that matters.

This radio program references: Ephesians 5:25