My dear husband warned that he would be hijacking my blog periodically to give his thoughts on marriage from a man’s perspective.

He’s back today with Part 2 of his Fair & Balanced series…

Real men take responsibility.  This is the essence of true masculinity.

Ephesians 5:25 calls men to love our wives as Christ loved the church.  Christ loves the church by taking responsibility for her and sacrificing himself for her.

Obviously, this notion of responsibility and sacrifice for another runs counter to our selfish natures and our culture.  There always seems to be an abundance of advice to “look out for number one” and to “be your own man”.  The constant message from advertisers is that living for ourselves will make us happy, manly men… especially if we drive a certain brand of truck or drink a certain brand of beer.

Given this constant pressure form outside (media) and inside (our own selfish desires), it is always important to remind ourselves as men that we are called to more than just pleasing ourselves.  The Bible and other godly men will point us back to this fact and we must be disciplined enough to keep both a big part of our lives.

So men , our lesson for the day, and every day is simple:

It’s not about us.  It’s about taking responsibility.

If you are a husband, that is perhaps your single greatest area of responsibility.  Next, time I will suggest some practical ways we can love and honor our wives.