Oh boy, here we go. I can remember being a little girl (probably in primary school) and hearing someone tell me the Scripture in Ephesians that calls women to submit to their husbands. My reaction then was much like most women, and like the world's view of submission. I remember saying "There is NO WAY I'm going to be some man's slave and stay at home and cook and clean for him!" It was not until I did MMI (Marriage Ministries International) and read through the book of Ephesians that I truly understood submission. Submission is not meant for bad…it's meant to give us more freedom actually. We have such a negative mindset of the word because we do not fully understand it. We are called to submit to our husbands as to the Lord. Another reason our households are so out of order is because so many women are trying to rule the roost and wear the pants in their relationship. That is not how we're made or equipped. Even if you have a 'stronger' personality than your husband, HE is still called to be the leader of your home. This is how I was taught, and this visual clicked and made perfect sense. The husband's job is to be the spiritual leader of the home…..to protect from the enemy and to provide for the family. He is to stand in the doorway of the home with the whole armor of God on to keep the enemy out. The wife's job is to be inside the home, supporting her husband by managing the household and praying for him. God did not equip women to fulfill the man's role, and vice versa. I know we live in a very feminine society, and I am not saying we're not meant to be 50/50. (Actually, I believe marriage is 100/100!). I'm saying God equipped each of us to have a role within marriage and the family, and when one is trying to serve in the other's role, things are out of whack from the way God designed it to be.
In His Love
Leslene
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