When we were newlyweds, I found myself frustrated about how to love my husband.  I knew that he was an “acts of service” person, but my ideas of what that meant didn’t seem to match up to NP’s. Among other non-realistic things, I dreamed of waking up and making him lovely breakfasts; I found it highly offensive when I discovered that he only wanted cereal!  [Cereal, to my husband, should be its own food group.]

After almost eight years of marriage, I know my husband better.  I know God’s Word better.  I have a much clearer framework for what Biblical womanhood looks like, beyond a simple reading of Ephesians 5.  And I have found that loving my husband is relatively straightforward once I have embraced who God made me to be and what He has called me to do.

The most effective ways I have of showing my husband love are embracing my role as his helper in all aspects of life, and by embracing my work of being a home-maker.