Lesson from the Prof
Theme of the Week: Aiming to Please
Gary Thomas
Sunday, June 2, 2002
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Lesson from the Prof
Theme of the Week: Aiming to Please
Sunday, June 2
Key Bible Verse: But we were as gentle among you as a mother feeding and caring for her own children (1 Thessalonians 2:7). Bonus Reading:Philippians 2:19–24
While I was studying at Regent College in Vancouver, Gordon Fee and his wife invited a few students and their wives over for dessert. Lisa was pregnant with our first child—and showing it. She walked in the door, and Dr. Fee immediately jumped up. "Here," he said, "you need the softest chair."
My wife, surprised at the attention, took the chair and sat down. I sat beside her. Dr. Fee, I noticed to my embarrassment, was still standing.
"Now," he said with genuine concern, "can I get you a pillow for your back?"
"No, I'm fine," Lisa said.
"A glass of water?"
"That would be great," my wife answered.
Dr. Fee marched into the kitchen and came back with a full glass. "Is the heat all right?" he asked. "Do you need to raise your feet?"
Lisa was now almost blushing, and I was humbled. I'd never served my wife the way my professor was doing. His willingness to put himself entirely at my wife's disposal was an eye-opener. I realized I had a long way to go to grow into maturity as a husband.
—Gary Thomas in Sacred Marriage
Adapted from: Sacred Marriage (Zondervan, 2000) by permission.
Copyright © 2002 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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May/June 2002,Vol. 5,No. 3
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Father, help me to please You by moving beyond preoccupation with my own needs to meeting those of my wife.
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