Our study into Every Man's Marriage moved into chapter 15 this last Sunday, and it was an interesting beginning to the study of how we can pitch in to serve our wives. The focus of the chapter was primarily directed toward assisting her in raising the children. Somehow, this thought amused me. Being the father of two girls and one boy, I know all too well the struggles of trying to dress little girls in in frilly dresses, little boys in jeans, and to try to make fine wispy hair do what it doesn't want to do. I remember well the days of carrying thirty pounds of diaper bags and two toddlers on each hip. I can still hear the excruciating shrieks of unhappy children in the check out aisle, and the impossibility of pleasing all three of their taste buds in one meal. Pizza always worked, but it can grow old quick. . .except for little children.
Nothing tests the medal of marriage more than raising children. Even more so if the wife is doing it alone. There is nothing like the frustration of trying to discern what is making your child cry when there doesn't seem to be any reason for them to cry. Walking around with the continual aroma of spit up on you doesn't engender intimate contact. The home of a newborn smells, sounds, and feels like the struggle with orks and goblins. That is why we older men encouraged the younger men to become more fully involved in the nurturing part of child rearing. Take over and serve your wives as they are weighed down with the added struggle of raising another child other than you.
As I said, we only had a half hour this last weekend, and we only got started. There is going to be some deeper territory explored and some frank truths laid out this weekend that will go beyond what the book was willing to go into. 'Nuff said. If you are a father with children, you might want to be there this coming Sunday. Gonna be some truth laid out.
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