Thoughts.....

It was recently posed to me, "why on earth would a man be compelled to buy his wife something(something, i.e. jewelry, clothes, or otherwise)....Men actually do that?". My response at the time was "I don't know you just DO"
(*disclaimer, writer claims no actual knowledge of giving gifts to wives, to please them or for neccesity, having himself never been married nor had a wife to give gifts to.)
but upon thinking about it, I thought there has to be a reason, beyond what physcological happiness tells us we want and desire...has to be something biblical, something we are called to by Christ...something...why?

Matthew 7:11, If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Ephesians 5:28-29 So husbands ought to love there own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

Genesis 24:53 Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing and gave them to Rebekah.

"Men are to be as strong and durable as redwood trees,
and as tender and fragrant as a field of clover—
unshakably rugged in the defense and confirmation of the truth,
and relentlessly humble and patient and merciful in dealing with people." ~Piper
"Men whose might is matched by his meekness."
"Men whose intellect is matched by his humility"
"Men who are known for the delight they have in God
and the joy in God that they bring to others".

It is not the neccesity of gift giving that I try to show, but more that men are to be the protectors of women(being the weaker vessel) and to love there wives as they love themselves, for no one ever hated his own flesh, many men are driven by there selfish desires, lusts...there flesh, and will go to great lengths to please there flesh, by this men are called to love there wives with such a regard as they inherently love themselves. When a man loves his wife and nourishes and cherishes her he seeks her well being and happiness, and when he lavishes upon her gifts that make her happy it brings him a joy