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"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself." - Ephesians 5:25-28

Men, it's time for us to step up too. Whether you're married or not this is the way we should treat women. God's way should be our standard. Not what the world tells us. The beauty of a woman is not defined by their outward appearance. That's just flesh. Meat on bones. It fades! Would you want guys checking out your daughters, not seeing past the skin, with sex on their minds? I know for a fact I wouldn't. It is disrespectful to so many people. God. Her. Her parents. Her future husband. Think about it.

We need to have a Godly perspective in the way we see women. "For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart'" (1 Samuel 16:7). Maybe if we stop focusing so much on how they look, they won't have to be so self-conscious and worry about their appearance! Treat them as sisters because they are God's daughters. We are to treat women as Christ did the Church. Respect them for who they are and show them love, not lust. We are not defined by how many girls we can get or what we can get them to do.

We men are supposed to be leaders. Let's be examples of what manhood should look like in a world where so many people don't know what that is. We need more men of God. How do our relationships with women look? Let's work on those.

"Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers." - 1 Peter 3:7

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