I have found that the best way to become a better wife to my earthly husband is to think of God as my Heavenly husband. After all, how I treat my earthly husband is a reflection on my relationship with God. It says in Isaiah 54 verses 5 and 6, "For your Maker is your husband - the Lord Almighty is his name - the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distresased in your spirit - a wife who married young, only to be rejected, says your God."

If you think of God as your heavenly husband and treat your earthly husband the way you would treat God, don't you think our marriages would be a lot better. Husbands can do this as well. Treat your wife the same way you would treat God if he were here in person - because He is here - we just can't physically see him. I guarantee that if we treat each other in the same way we would treat God, all of our relationships would be better.

There is a poem that would like to share with you; I have had it in my possession since I was a child. The paper is tattered and torn, but I love the message it conveys. It is called: If Jesus Came To Your House

If Jesus came to your house to spend a day or two -
If He came unexpectedly, I wonder what you'd do.
Oh, I know you'd give your nicest room to such an honored Guest,
And all the food you'd serve to Him would be the very best,
And you would keep assuring Him you're glad to have Him there -
That serving Him in your own home is joy beyond compare.

But - when when you saw Him coming, would you meet Him at the door
With arms outstretched in welcome to your heavenly Visitor?
Or would you have to change your clothes before you let Him in?
Or hide some magazines and put the Bible where they'd been?
Would you turn off the radio and hoped He hadn't heard?
And wish you hadn't uttered that last, loud, hasty word?

Would you hide your worldly music and put some hymn books out?
Could you let Jesus walk right in, or would you rush about?
And I wonder - if the Saviour spent a day or two with you,
Would you go right on doing the things you always do?
Would you go right on saying the things you always say?
Would life for you continue as it does from day to day?

Would your family conversation keep up its usual pace?
And would you find it hard each meal to say a table grace?
Would you sing the songs you always sing, and read the books you read,
And let Him know the things on which your mind and spirit feed?
Would you take Jesus with you everywhere you'd plan to go?
Or would you, maybe, change your plans for just a day or so?

Would you be glad for Him to meet your very closest friends?
Or would you hope they'd stay away until his visit ends?
Would you be glad to have Him stay forever on and on?
Or would you sigh with great relief when He at last was gone?
It might be interesting to know the things that you would do
If Jesus Christ in person came to spend some time with you.
Lois Blanchard Eades

Treat each other the way you would treat Jesus, and treat Jesus the way you would if He was staying at your house - because He is!