Libby Doe

There is a huge responsibility put on the shoulders of women who are married to Strong Men. But it is not a responsibility like what you’re thinking. Your "responsibility" is not the type of responsibility where you have to achieve some great or difficult thing. On the contrary, your responsibility is simply to NOT HARM something that is already great. But that's a great responsibility!

Imagine you were given the responsibility of guarding the Constitution of the United States in the National Archives. All you had to do was stand guard and not damage it. You don’t have anything to achieve or work hard at. You just have to not harm what you’ve been given. That’s it. It’s a great responsibility, but it’s also a great honor.

That’s what it is like being married to a Strong Man. He does all the work, your job is simply to not hurt him or hinder him. To use modern day terminology, if you can just not screw things up, you’ll have a glorious life! Because truly, Strong Christian Men are the cream of the crop in terms of what’s available for us women. So be grateful, you married one of God’s best!

THE BENEFITS/PROS OF BEING MARRIED TO A STRONG MAN:

The good news is that when you’re married to a Strong Man, basically everything in life is better. There is basically not a single thing that is worse than if you were married to a "regular" guy. For example:

• Strong Men are generally more financially successful and provide for a greater standard of living for their family.
• Strong Men are generally more passionate and are better lovers.
• Strong Men are generally more concerned for the wellbeing of their children and will always make time and room for their children who they consider to be their life’s legacy.
• Strong Men are adventurous and are always involved in adventures which make life more exciting.
• Strong Men are admired and respected by all and you will therefore be an automatic recipient of additional respect and admiration by others, as well.
• Strong Men are generally brought to or connected to other great men in life and society and both you and your children will be exposed to greatness and great leaders.
• Strong Men are intellectually advanced and if you are humble and hungry, you can learn so many things from your husband, things that most people will never get a chance to learn because they are not close enough to someone with such high intellect.
• Strong Men usually want their wives to be beautiful so they will support you in your feminine journey to maintain and magnify your beauty all of your days (which all women naturally desire).

And that’s just to name a few things…

THE NEGATIVES OF BEING MARRIED TO A STRONG MAN

However, it’s not all a bed of roses when it comes to being married to a strong man because as the old saying goes, “with great power comes great responsibility.” Or in this case, with great blessings comes great responsibility. You see, if you are going to reap the benefits noted above, then:

• You can’t be emotionally weak or pathetic.
• You cannot stay stuck like many women who refuse to change, repent, or grow.
• You may be more highly scrutinized or criticized by others.
• You have to be cautious of friendships, because many will befriend you just to get to your husband.
• You will never have the French romanticism, or chick-flick style romantic relationship you see on TV and in the movies.
• You will have to share your husband with the rest of the world, and with his calling.

You see, a Strong Man has a call on his life that goes above and beyond just providing for and protecting his family. Moses, Abraham, Jacob, Joshua, David, Daniel, and many other Strong Men in the Bible were called by God to do more than just take care of their wives and children. They had a calling on their life. And their wives therefore had to “share” their husbands with the call that God had on their life. In other words, they could not expect to have their husbands exclusively to themselves like some cheap chick-flick or romance novel would have you to believe.

No, your husband is God’s property and God will use him as he sees fit. And that means that your Strong Man husband will have the very difficult task of prioritizing his time amongst all of the myriad different duties and obligations he has.

So remember, there are pros and cons to everything. Your first thing to realize and recognize is that if you want to have a wonderful life, you should focus on the PROS and not the CONS. If you focus on the cons, you are going to get bitter over your life and your bitterness will ultimately harm your relationship with your husband.

So now let’s get ready to learn…