Why have some not found the light? It may be that you have sought peace with God only occasionally; after an earnest sermon, you have been awakened; but when the sermon has been concluded, you have gone back to your slumber like the sluggard who turns again upon his bed.
Husbands are not Christ. But they are called to be like him. And the specific point of likeness is the husband's readiness to suffer for his wife's good without threatening or abusing her.
Charles H. Spurgeon: “Faith is the silver thread upon which the pearls of the graces are to be hung. Break that, and you have broken the string — the pearls lie scattered on the ground.”
It is in our daily life and conduct that the fruit of the Spirit is love. From that comes all the graces and virtues in which love is manifested - joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness - no sharpness or hardness in your tone, no unkindness or selfishness, [but] meekness before God and man.