Happy wife, Happy life...
I was listening to the radio this morning and they were talking about marriage. One caller said the key to happiness was, "Happy wife, happy life!"
I guess he was talking about how If mama ain't happy... ain't nobody happy. Which to me shows how the family unit is evolving. But I guess the real question we should ask ourselves about it is,"What are Gods instructions on marriage?"
Let's look at a verse out of Ephesians most people don't really want to talk about... I mean with equality and all.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Let me preface by saying that this may be the most widely abused scripture in the Bible. Pulled out of context. Used by men to try and rule over women. Used by women to try and declare unfairness in the eyes of God. But if we would read the whole chapter it would become clearer in context.
Happy wife, Happy life...
I was listening to the radio this morning and they were talking about marriage. One caller said the key to happiness was, "Happy wife, happy life!"
I guess he was talking about how If mama ain't happy... ain't nobody happy. Which to me shows how the family unit is evolving. But I guess the real question we should ask ourselves about it is,"What are Gods instructions on marriage?"
Let's look at a verse out of Ephesians most people don't really want to talk about... I mean with equality and all.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Let me preface by saying that this may be the most widely abused scripture in the Bible. Pulled out of context. Used by men to try and rule over women. Used by women to try and declare unfairness in the eyes of God. But if we would read the whole chapter it would become clearer in context.
But for now I'm just going to compare it with verse 25.
Ephesians 5:25(KJV)
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
So your asking... So what. Read it again. Let it soak in. As a husband. It is my duty to love my wife like Christ loved the church. WOW. And you think a woman submitting to her husband is a tall order! So I must love my wife so much that I'm willing to sacrifice my life for her, and her needs.
No wonder God calls for submission from the wife. If not... then she would completely rule over him. Because the mans job is to lay down his life for her.
To me God doesn't just come out and say... Well mutually submit to each other. Because then our job would rely on what the other person is doing. No, He says here are your individual instructions, now handle it.
And I'm not going to sit here and say my marriage is all peaches and cream. I'm sure my wife struggles with this issue just like I struggle with laying down my selfish pride and sacrificing myself for her. But I will say how blessed I am that she is open to becoming what God wants her to be. And I hope she sees that I'm striving to be the husband that she needs me to be.
I do think roles have become reversed as we pick and choose how we want to live and what we want to believe. If only we would read and study Gods word we could see it is not some antiquated way of living... It's a recipe for success in our relationships.
I'm not going to sit here and pretend I have all of the answers....
But I do know where to find them.
ABBA FATHER
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