Friday, May 21, 2010

Submission



Okay, so I am not too regular :-)!! So the other day I was reading an interesting article on submission.....in marriage and what it meant!
I have always thought I knew what submission was (I still do actually)! But I just thought it was interesting. The lady, was describing what she used to think was submission and I sort of thought of that was submission as well.
I was taught that the husband as the head of the home takes care of worship and devotion in the home and that its not the wife's duty to do that, that if she does that then the husband isnt doing his job!
How does this relate to the verse that we are different, we are all part of one body, that we have different gifts and talents? Why should we use the verse in Ephesians in exclusion to the whole bible?
Ephesians 5:22-24 says:22For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the aSavior of his body, the church. 24As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.

In the same was that the church submits to Christ, I am supposed to submit to my husband. In as much as I use my talents and gifts to the glory and edification of Christ, I am supposed to do the same to my husband. Love him, care for him, adore him and use my talents and gifts and resources for the advancement (in all spheres) of our family. This does not mean sitting and waiting for my hubby to 'bring home the bacon', it means meeting my husband by the gate (or wherever) and helping him carry the 'bacon' inside, cutting it while he rests, and making sure the different pieces last us long and they go where they are supposed to go! It means I don't keep quiet when I have something to say or an idea. Its a partnership, a loving partnership where both members give and take equally.

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