The 3 Things To BE (Or LOOK FOR) In GOOD HUSBANDS AND FATHERS (Part 3)

The three things necessary for good husbands and fathers are experienced through one specific skill: Speech! It is written, “If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.” By words the man controls himself. By words he expresses gentleness, as it is written, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but harsh word stirs up anger.” As the word of God says, the good man is “quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.” Servants listen more than they speak, and because they are selfless, they are slow to anger. As Rudyard Kipling said to his son, “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming in you…” then you are indeed a man! If you are a man, by controlling your words, you can possess the three necessities of true masculinity! If you are a woman looking for a good husband and father, look for these three things, expressed by a man who controls his words.