Next Meeting: 21 April 2012 (Sat AM)
A Summary of 31 March 2012 Meeting
The 73 men present had a great start as we break into smaller groups to discuss the million dollar question: Ten Ways to Love a Woman.
For the marrieds: Ten Ways to Love My Wife
For the courting: Ten Ways to Love My Girlfriend
For the significantly single: Ten Possible Ways to Love My Future Wife
They brainstormed for 30 minutes and from the list, they picked the top 10 and wrote them down on flipcharts. You are free to browse their charts below.
Then they compared their top 10 with the list suggested by Patrick Morley from Man-in-the-Mirror, and make a tick to the point that is similar to his. The groups scored anything from 3 to 7.
Patrick Morley's list can be found here.
In a summary form, these are the Ten Ways:
- Pray with your wife
- Pray for Your Wife
- Spend Time with Her Alone
- Listen to Her Deeply Without Giving an Overly Quick Reply
- Touch Her
- Accept Her Unconditionally
- Encourage Her with Words
- Take Care of Her Financially
- Laugh with Her
- After God but Before All Others, Make Your Wife Your Top Priority
The men were given this survey form to rate themselves. You (the men) can do the same. This is a self-assessment tool. It will give you an idea where you are at. Obviously, if you score below 5 for any of the point, or in total, take note of them and work on it.
They were then asked to choose from out of the ten, three ways they would like to love their woman better. They will then go and do them. The men in the group will call each other before the next meeting to keep each other accountable. We will come together to share in the next meeting how we fare. I think it will be exciting sharing how we succeeded or fumbled in doing them. I pray it will be a safe environment where we can learn together and it's okay to have a good sense of humour and laugh at ourselves at times.
I also share 70 Things Every Man Needs to Know (also from Man-in-the Mirror). A copy is available here. These will be some of the things we will work through in the coming months.