The David Alliance

Love your spouse... not your neighbor!


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Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

 

Mark 12:30, 31 

30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

 

What if that neighbor is your spouse! 

 

 

The Husband Store

A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:

 

 You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

 

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

 

Floor 1- These men Have Jobs

She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:

 

Floor 2- These men Have Jobs and Love Kids. 'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.'

So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:

 

Floor 3- These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.

 

'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going 

She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:

 

Floor 4- These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework.

 'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 5- These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.

 

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:

 

Floor 6- You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

 

PLEASE NOTE:

 

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives store just across the street.

 

The first floor has wives that enjoy sex.

 

The second floor has wives that love sex and love to cook

 

The third the woman enjoy sex, love to cook and have money.

 

The store has 6 more floors all the way up to the ninth floor… But no one knows what’s on them because no man has gone past floor 3

 

Do you like a good mystery?

Ephesians 5:

31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.

 

  • Marriage is called a “mystery” because it reflects Christ and the Church (Ephesians 5:31–32).
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