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I would like to discuss how it seems the majority of the time that the "Romance" in a marriage always falls on the shoulders of the husband. I love to pursue my wife, to romance her, to provide adventure for her... but sometimes it would be nice if she w
1.) The spiritual role of a husband – As Christ gives us and example described in Eph 5:25-28, the job description of a husband is to "initiate" love. In general women are "responders" and men are "initiators". The scriptures declare that we love God because He first loved us (1John 4:19). As imitators of Christ, a husband's role is always to love and initiate love.
2.) The carnal nature of men - It is in fact against the carnal nature of man to put others first and be the "giver" required to generate the scene and feelings of romance. For the most part, a man's view of romance is sex. And since it is quite unnatural for man to "be romantic" in a truly selfless, consistent manner, men have to be continually reminded to love their wives (Hosea 3:1; Eph 5:28,33) in the proper way.
