I was still quite a distance away from the parked car, but I recognized the big letters and the big heart on the sticker of the front bumper: “I LOVE MY WIFE.” I love my wife also! Now I was really curious, and when I came nearer I went to look at the sticker properly and in smaller script it said, “PROMISEKEEPRS.” You have heard about the Promisekeepers.

What an encouragement – and that on our street, which is not very long indeed.

The Bible, the Word of the Living God, demands that we love our wives.

Ephesians 5:25,26,27

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church

1. and gave himself up for her

2. to make her holy,

3. cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

4. and to present her to himself as a radiant church,

a. without stain

b. or wrinke

c. or any other blemish,

d. but holy and

e. blameless.”

First Peter 3:7