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In the book of 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 7, Peter says "to live with your wife in an understanding way". Good luck with that one. The hardest thing a man can do is to understand his wife! I have been married for almost 27 years and Tara is still a mystery. I love mystery!
Let me push on this .... I know I can never understand her, I can't really understand me! So what can I do? I can become a student of Tara. I will be a Taraologist. OK, that's cheesy.
A lot of guys love to hunt so I will use a hunting analogy. When you hunt for wild game you study your prey. If you are deer hunting you know where they sleep, when they eat, the paths they travel and so on. Why do I know these things about deer? Because I am hunting them.
What if I put the same energy into being a student of my wife? What if I studied her to the point that I could lovingly anticipate her moods, thoughts, desires, and build security into her life. If I gave that kind of energy to Tara our relationship would be so rich.
Here is the rub, Tara is so much more complicated than a deer. She is made wonderfully complex and knowing her will take my whole life. Wow, I think I just discovered the key, it will take my whole life! Maybe Peter should have said "try to live with your wife ...". As I "try" to understand Tara God helps me!
Relationships make life rich, and my relationship with Tara is center to every other connection. Oh yea, Peter also says that if you don't get it right your prayers are hindered. That means when mama is not happy even God is not happy.
I got to go it is Tara time!