Your Mother or Your Wife

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I read a story yesterday where a man was left in dilemma between his wife and his mother.
From the story, confusion overshadowed him and couldn't help it but to stay away from both of them.

LOVE is like a rubberband. It stretched to accommodate as much as are within the reach.

Love can take any form and direction. You do have to take it away from one to give to another.
It is wide enough to cover those within the territory. In my opinion, making choice between one's mother and wife should be personal. It rests solely on the man to choose who to stay with. We often confuse the love for a wife to the
love for a mother. They should be separated no matter the situation.
The love between a mother and her son is that of a blood bond. little emotion is attached to it. And there is a limit
to how far it may go. Whereas that of a wife is an Agape, romantic, emotional and sex-related one.

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According to the English Standard Bible (Ephesian 5:31, Genesis 2:24), "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and they shall become one flesh". And together they must become one flesh.

Before a man moves in with his wife, he has so much love for her. We should follow the pattern of marriage as revealed in the rest of God's word. God saw the need for a man not to be alone, so he made the woman and gave a rule to solve and prevail over any marriage crisis just as this we are discussing.

A man will live for the rest of his life with his wife and so the love between them is far greater than that of the mother.
Nevertheless, there is need to love one's mother and that is what will determine how well a man can organise his home.
A man should try as much as possible to understand his wife. Not all women like the in-law to invade in their privacy.
In fact, I can say 96% of 100 women don't like it. Some may not show it directly but in their attitude you can see it written all over them.

As a man, try as much as possible to keep your mother separate from your wife especially where you notice a gesture of uncomfortability in her or in the mother. That way you will have peace of mind. Some mothers may be really problematic likewise the wife. Women by nature are jealous creature. One may grow wild when seeing you giving much attention to the other.

Don't forget to seek God's guidance before going into marriage.

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Thank you for reading.

@Bob-elr