For the husband is
the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he
is the Savior. Now as the church
submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing
her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant
church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
In this same way, husbands ought to love
their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Ephesians 5:23-28
Yes, but it also the husband’s job to make his wife happy.
A motivation in a married person’s life should be to bring
joy and love to their spouse – serving and sacrificing for them.
This is not a one way street where the husband receives all
the happiness and the wife serves it up.
The Bible calls both individuals in the marriage to do their
part. The wife serves the husband like
the church serves Christ and the husband sacrifices for his wife like Christ
gave himself up for the church.
If the husband is being served, he is fulfilled, feeling
loved. That leads to happiness. When the
husband sacrifices himself for his wife, his attention is turned away from himself
and to the wife. She feels cared for,
protected, loved and happy.
Now a spouse won’t always make the other spouse happy every
day of their lives.
We are human and grace needs to be extended to us all.