Serving Our Husbands

Serving our Husbands

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I know most of you have received this before, but I thought it was a good
time to send it out again, in light of our new "Challenge."
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The following is an excerpt from a home economics textbook used in Ontario
during the 1950'S. Each excerpt is followed by a Bible quotation.
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1. Get your work done. Plan tasks with an eye on the clock. Finish or
interrupt
them an hour before your husband is expected home. Your anguished cry "are
you home already?" is not exactly a warm welcome.
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"She...worketh willingly with her hands." Proverbs 31:13
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2. Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a
delicious
meal on time. This is a way of letting him know you have been thinking of
him and are concerned for his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home
and the prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed.
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"...She bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night,
and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens." Proverbs
31:14,15
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3. Prepare yourself. Take 15 min. to rest so that you will be refreshed
when he
arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh
looking. He has just been with a lot of work weary people. Be a little gay
and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.
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"She maketh herself covering of tapestry; he clothing is silk and purple.
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to
come." Proverbs 31:22,25
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4. Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the
house just before your husband arrives, then run a dust cloth over the
tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order and
it will give you a lift too.
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"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of
idleness." Proverbs 31:27
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5. Prepare the children. Take just a few minutes to wash the children's
hands
and faces if they are small, comb their hair and if necessary change their
clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the
part.
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"Her children arise up, and call her blessed..." Proverbs 31:28
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6. Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate noise of
washer
dryer, dishwasher, vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet.
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"And that ye study to be quiet..." I Thessalonians 4:11
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7. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a smile and act glad to see him.
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"...Her husband also, and he praiseth her." Proverbs 31:28
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8. Some don'ts, don't greet him with a problem or complaint. Don't complain
if
he's late for dinner. Count this minor compared with what he might have gone
through during the day.
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"The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her..." Proverbs 31:11
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9. Make him feel comfortable. Have him lean back into a comfortable chair
or
suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.
Arrange his pillows and offer to massage his neck and shoulders and take off
his shoes. Speak in a soft, soothing, pleasant voice. Allow him to relax to
unwind.
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"Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all." Proverbs
31:29
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10. Listen to him. You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment
of
his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.
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"She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of
kindness." Proverbs 31:26
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11. Make the evening his. Never complain if he does not take you out to
dinner
or to other places of entertainment. Instead try to understand his world of
strain and pressure, his need to be home and relax.
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"Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the
gates." Proverbs 31:31
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12. The goal: try to make your home a place of peace and order where
your husband can relax.
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"She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life." Proverbs 31:12
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