Leave and Cleave

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Hello sisters!
We are given another day to praise our Father in Heaven through our lives today.  Let us rejoice and sing His praises.
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. (Psalm 47:6-9)

We are thanking God for all the safe travels we have and it seems as we are supposed to be where we end up because there is always someone to witness to!
Today I want to encourage you sisters who are married, to leave and cleave to your husband.


We all know the tremendous destruction of feminism and there's not one day that goes by that we don't see how damaging it is.  God's Word says husbands are to leave and cleave to their wife (Genesis 2:24) and the two shall become one.  This goes for women as well because how else do you become one if you don't cleave back to him?  

Look at the sinful denominational churches leading women's bible studies, women's retreats, women's prayer groups and women's activities.  Even if these activities were good and godly they remove the woman from the headship and protection of her husband and encourage a closeness and bond of women instead of a closeness and bond with her husband.

It's also sinful to talk about your husband behind his back.  We often get communication from women who will 'rat out' their husband by sharing his sins and what he's not doing right, meanwhile she's in sin for communicating these things with people she doesn't know, she's not being shamefaced, meek and quiet and she's out from under his headship. 

We have also seen the destruction of marriages with women choosing their friends over their husbands and the result is separation that usually ends in divorce. 

Read 1 Corinthians 7: 16 where Paul is talking about such issues:
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

That doesn't mean you can 'save' them but if we keep that in context with 1 Peter 3 with a woman winning her husband without a word, we see that by godly women living a godly life, obedient to the Word, it can have tremendous influence on those around us. 

Read Proverbs 31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 
It's pretty evil to talk about the shortcomings of a husband without them knowing it. (Unless in the rare case that it's a dangerous situation of course.)  Wives are also supposed to reverence / respect their husbands and if they don't the husband won't trust them.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. (Ephesians 5:33)

It's very disrespectful to discuss issues that are going on in your house without your husband but we often receive communication from wives who do just that.  Can you see the feminism there?  Could that be part of the problem with the husband? Wife, how do you know what your husband is thinking?  He may be seeking truth but he's afraid to share it with you because you are closer to other people more than him.  Or you continue to bring into your household, doctrines of man from all sorts of places and people you don't even know so he's thinking you won't even listen to him if he was to go after the things of God.  We also see when men start to seek, the wife jumps right in and tries to lead and teach him or tries to drag him into a ministry she found. 

Wives, even if your husband doesn't cleave to you, doesn't treat you well, doesn't fulfill your desire for fellowship....kill your flesh (Romans 12:1-2) as a sacrifice to the Lord, and cleave to your husband and serve the Lord.  All other relationships should be with great caution and the majority of your time should be with him.  A meek and quiet spirited woman who is shamefaces and obedient to her husband is a beautiful thing and God can use that to convict a disobedient man.

As for sisters who are not married, you need to plan for the fact that God may have a husband for you in the future so be very careful of your relationships with other women.  We see that single women think that just because they are not married that they have the same rights as men do because they have no headship but this is not true.  Single women need to be just as discerning if not more because she is totally alone and more vulnerable, willing to succumb to deception to ease her fleshly longing for fellowship.  

We often see men who are content with their household and would rather separate their home from the world and the possible deception from others but the woman opens the door and in comes satan to cause destruction.  Destruction in false doctrine, bad associations, using feelings and flesh for decisions and what looks like godly relationships that can ultimately destroy a marriage.

Beware sisters, this is a serious situation.  Study deeply how women are to have a meek and quiet spirit, trusting in God and submitting to their headship / husband.  Her life should be focused on her house and family, serving God in the way a godly woman should.

Praise God for His mercies and if you are in sin from such activities, repent and start a new day tomorrow.

Have a joyous evening.
Love in Christ,
Sister Deb

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