What a great question! I'm sure a number of wives wonder if the Bible addresses you directly. And
the answer is, several times in fact one of the one of my favourite sections is here in 1st Peter
chapter 3, which not only talks to the wife for six verses but also mentions the husband in the
seventh verse. And I call it bricks that build a strong marriage. I find three or four bricks
here that we can stack on one another that'll make your marriage stronger. It says to the wives to pay
attention to your behaviour, it talks about. That your husband may be one without a word because
of the behaviour of the wife. In fact the second verse says, as they behold or as they observe
your chaste and respectful behaviour when I see that word "behaviour" I think about your actions. A
husband is impressed by a wife's great response, by kindness and thoughtfulness and understanding,
and forgiveness, we need a lot of that, don't we. So your behaviour fits in here beautifully, your
actions. Then the second brick mentioned in verse 3, your adornment. That would be your attire. Don't
let it be external only. You know, it's so easy for women these days to focus your main attention on how
you look. Is this in style, some fashion that you're caught up in, and nothing wrong with
that. I don't think a wife ought to look like an unmade bed, I think she ought to be attractive or
ought to keep herself attractive, but not just that but to pay attention to the to the inner
person, the beauty of your inner life. So we have the first brick your actions and the second one
is your attire, your adornment, third would be your attitude. You knew I'd mentioned that! Nothing like
a great attitude, called here the hidden person of the heart. The imperishable qualities of a gentle
and quiet spirit. It doesn't mean you're mousy, it doesn't mean that you're downtrodden, it means
you're gentle, and it means you think before you speak. All of this reveals your attitude toward
life and toward your husband, really toward yourself. When you have real self-respect
and attitude flows a lot more easily. Finally it talks to the wife about the attention you give
to your husband. In fact, it said Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him "Lord." (I mentioned that to
Cynthia from time to time it hasn't done a lot of good.) Anyway, it says you have become children of
Sarah if you do what is right like she did without being frightened. The point is this, when you have
the right kind of attention, attitude, adornment, and actions toward your husband you win him
over. There's nothing like those bricks to build a strong marriage. Maybe one speaks to you more than
another, if it does go to work on that one. Maybe you've gotten little lacks in one of these areas,
are two of them, so pay attention to that. When you do, it's amazing what we'll do to build a strong marriage.