"That, says Peter, is what a man is to do with respect to a woman: he is to pay attention as he lives with his wife, becoming aware of what is going on in her heart and ministering to foster her well-being. As he does so, he is to act and speak in a way that conveys the dignity and the value he places on her. Instead of belittling a woman's emotional concerns and begrudging the ministry this calls for; a godly man will express the worth of her heart and the value he places on the ministry that she needs from him." - Holding Hands, Holding Hearts

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"The word translated 'patience' is a compound word meaning longsuffering. When the father of the prodigal son waited for his son to return, he did so with an open heart. He was living with the open wound of rejection. The father could have cauterized the open wound by disowning his son with a furious dismissal, yet instead he displayed one of the ingredients of patience: being slow to anger."