How To Manage Your Man

Lately I have come across many lists of thing men can do for women. Articles such as “15 Things All Men Should Know” or “The Top 10 Things A Man Should Do For You”. Now, there is nothing wrong with this! And in some cases, a man may need to learn how to treat a lady. But I rarely see anything that helps a women learn how to treat her man. Being single, and hoping to one day soon bring that stage of my life to a close, I often seek to prepare myself for my future husband. While going through the book “Manage Your Man” by Dr. Hazel Hill, I found a section that was a great inspiration to me.

Ephesians 5:33 says “…and let the wife see that she respects and reverences her husband (that she notices him, regards home, honors him, prefers him, venerates, and esteems him; and that she defers to him, praises him, and loves and admires him exceedingly.” So what exactly does that mean?? Well let’s break it down into a list of “The Top 10 Things You Should Do For Your Man”!

1. RESPECT your man – To respect your man is to give particular attention to him. Consider him and hold him in high regard. We should take a step back and look at our man through the eyes of Jesus.
2. ESTEEM your man – Means to appreciate or favor him. Treat him as someone of value and worth, admire him.
3. NOTICE your man – Pay attention to your man. Be polite and show interest in him and the things that interest him.
4. HONOR your man – Treat you man as a person of superior standing, someone whose worth brings respect or fame. The word honor implies profound respect mingled with love, devotion, or awe.
5. DEFER TO your man – Put him first. Step aside and wait, giving pre-eminence to your man. Ask and consider his opinion, before making a decision.
6. REVERENCE you man – Is to profoundly adore him with respect. To revere actually means to bow to. Put him in a place of honor and authority in your life.
7. REGARD your man – To regard is to feel respect and affection for your man and for his opinions.
8. PREFER your man – Be his biggest promoter! You should prefer to be with or around him, more than anyone else.
9. PRAISE you man – Bless him, celebrate him and exalt him. He is one in a million, so make him feel that way.
10. EXCEEDINGLY LOVE & ADMIRE your man – Love him to the extreme degree!

The world seems to offer a lot of advice on relationships, and yet it also seems to contain a lot of dysfunctional relationships. Ultimately we need to come back to what the word says about relationships and follow the advice God gives on how to make a marriage or any relationship work . Now, I am no relationship expert, but God is, and by following His advice, I can only be bound for success.