Understanding Our Husbands - Part 3

News Flash! Men are visual and visually stimulated! Yes, ladies just in-case you did not know. Men have various sensual images burnt into their brains. Some of these images are of you and some are not. These images pop into their minds at unscheduled times and it’s something we cannot understand because we are not wired that way. In the same way, men feel compelled to look at beautiful women. This attraction is inbuilt. Even Christian men struggle with this temptation. I know this to be true because late last year,my husband called me from Chicago O’Hare Airport while he was on a business trip. He said, “Honey, there are so many beautiful women walking around in this airport. I can’t stand it! I need you to pray for me so that I can look away and that my thoughts stay pure.” He went on to say, “I am here trying to look at the floor, but I thought that I would just call and ask you to pray.” I was humbled that he would be brave enough to admit those feelings to me and began to pray for him immediately.”

It takes strength and great discipline for men to stay committed to purity in this culture, and courage to confess their temptation to us! Lesson: as wives we need to appreciate their efforts, and create a safe space for them to share this struggle with us, without fear of our angry reaction.

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