![]() But as I’ve looked at the Scriptures lately, I’m not as confident. “See…I’m not so sure.” I surprised myself a little, and probably Cliff too, because I’ve always seen our marriage as a 50/50 partnership. “I think I agree with her point about mutual submission.” “I think I’ve never really thought about it much,” he said. It was Cliff, wanting to know if I’d seen the article he sent. Love should be the rule in our homes, and we should “prefer one another.” Submission means to yield or “to set yourself under.” From this definition we see we are to yield to one another instead of demanding our own way. The above Scripture (Ephesians 5:21-33) says we are to submit unto each other. Submission to a husband does not mean a woman is to be a slave in bondage to that man, but rather it is to be a mutual submission in love. It was lengthy, but she broke down the usual verses mentioned when it comes to submission, and offered her analysis: He’d sent a link to an article he found online about biblical submission, written by a woman. This might be even tougher than I thought.Īn hour later, my inbox chimed and it was a note from Cliff. Was this submission? Not sure I liked it. Submissived (TV Series 2015 ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. We hung up, and I had this eerie feeling of waiting for my husband to make a decision on something I wanted to do. And if as a wife, God wants me to learn submission…well, I need to at least look at it a little more closely. I want to continue growing deeper in my relationship with God. I put my family first, though I still sometimes feel like I struggle managing everything. I’ve changed some things-OK, a lot of things-in what I do as a wife and mom. So, since “the Proverbs 31 experiment,” as I sometimes call it, I’ve learned some things. Because the opposite does too: If Mama is happy, the family also is a whole lot happier. The old saying, “If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy,” does apply. For the first time as a wife, I saw myself as the thermostat of my family and realized my actions have great influence-whether I want them to or not. God taught me during that year how much more he cares about my attitude and my desire to seek his will in my life than how many things I check off the to-do list each day. Though nothing went the way I planned, the experience and what I learned from it brought good changes, major changes, both in our family and in me. Two years ago I spent a year attempting to be like the Proverbs 31 wife. I’ve come far in our fourteen years of marriage, but you’d never mistake me for June Cleaver or Martha Washington. ![]() Why would I want to do something so many in our world today see as a very old-fashioned if not archaic idea for marriage? I was waiting for some crack about bringing his slippers and fetching him a sweet tea-not an immediate dismissal of the entire idea.Ĭliff ’s question made sense, though. ![]() I thought he’d jump at the chance to not just be the “head of household” but have my constant and immediate cooperation at all times (which is not always consistent or always immediate). I thought he’d welcome the opportunity to have me at his beck and call.
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