The Proverbs 31 Man | Desiring God
Editor, desiringGod.org By a delightful stroke of Godâs providence, the English language bears witness to a husbandâs job description in the very word husband. For a husband is a man who practices husbandry, or cultivation. Like a master gardener, his job is to so nurture and tend to his wife that she brings forth flowers. We should beware of stretching the image too far, of course. No woman is merely a passive patch of soil, helpless until a husband comes to cultivate her. Remember Anna and Abigail, women who flourished either without a husband (Luke 2:36â38) or with a fooli...
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