Just a couple of observations about this final chapter from Priolo: First, with an extremely few number of exceptions, men divorce their wives because they, the husband, are self-centered, unloving, neglectful, weak, and unforgiving. It is usually because of the husband’s failure to love his wife as God instructs him to, his failure to be Christ to his wife, that she is no longer considered worthy of his love. It’s his sin that has led to her sin. He excuses his own and abandons her for hers. Such husbands will give an account to God for their actions.
Second, Priolo is right. You can become a Christ-like husband, and your marriage can become better than your wildest dreams. God is in the business of changing hearts. It’s the promise of the New Covenant. He can change yours and he can change your wife’s. Do you ask Him to? Do you believe that He will respond? Do you believe that God is a liar? Or impotent? Or doesn’t care? Seek Him, ask Him, love Him. He can improve your marriage no matter whether it’s going pretty well or on the brink of collapse. It can always get better. Pray! (Heb. 11:6)
Conclusion
Well, that’s it for this online discussion. I pray that this will only be the beginning of your study of The Complete Husband. There is no way you can have learned and applied everything Priolo expressed in this quick reading of the book. Now it’s time to do the hard work of doing all that he suggests. Pray and ask the Spirit of God to reveal to you where you need to focus first. Then follow His leading and make your way, slowly and intentionally, through every chapter, asking every question, and building an exhaustive owner’s manual for your wife. Priolo has done nothing in this work but bring God’s teaching about marriage to an easy-to-apply level. If you will invest in your marriage as he has advised, you will become a husband worthy of Christ. And you may just find a joy and satisfaction in your wife that you never knew was possible. May our gracious Savior grant it for His glory and your delight!
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