When the citizens of a country submit to and obey the laws of the land instituted by the government, there is peace and happiness. When a child submits to and obeys his parents, there is harmony in the home. When students submit to and obey their teacher, there is joy and unity in the classroom. When employees submit to and obey their employer, the work gets done. However, when a wife submits to and obeys her husband, she makes front news headlines.
When citizens submit to their government, a child to his parents, students to their teacher and employees to their employer, no one worries that the government, parents, teacher or employer will lord it over those submitted to them and use them as a doormat. Oh, but when a wife says she is submitted to and obeys her husband, everyone thinks she must be "lorded over" and being used as a doormat.
Why is this? Why is it required and even desired for citizens, children, students and employees to submit to those who are their leaders but not wives? Why is it so terrible when a wife wants to submit to and obey her husband and enjoy peace and harmony in her home?
Every institution needs a leader or there will most likely be chaos, arguing, and unhappiness. God is a God of order. When there is a designated leader in anything and those under the leader happily and willingly obey the leader, peace reigns.
I am not talking about "blind obedience" here either. If any of those who are designated leaders ask you to sin, you must obey God rather than man but the Bible tells us to submit to and obey our government {even when they are corrupt}, our parents when we are children, our elders over us in the church, and our employers. It is also very clear that wives are to submit to and obey their husbands also.
It doesn't mean those under the leader are any less than their leader. This is a foolish argument. Parents are no better than their children. They just have different roles which when followed, lead to peace and harmony.
So when we hear of Candace Cameron-Bure and Gabrielle Reece say they are submissive to their husbands and it makes front page news, let's cheer them on for their boldness in saying so. Let's submit to and obey our husbands and show the world that it is good. It is God's ordained order and His ways are best.
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
Ephesians 5:22-24
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Jill York · 584 weeks ago
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Jessica · 584 weeks ago
Thank you for not being afraid to speak the truth!
Happy Girl · 584 weeks ago
Courtney · 584 weeks ago
I don't know if you would agree with all of those tips or not? But I think some of them are pretty negative or ridiculous ("his topics of conversation are more important than yours"… "we are meant to be seen, not heard!"… "always be thinner than necessary to promote fragility"… "Do not possess any strong opinions on any subject, unless you are expressing enthusiasm for cleaning products or food ingredients and recipes."… "It is only when a woman surrenders her life to her husband, revers and worships him, and is willing to serve him, that she becomes really beautiful to him.") I think that's the caricature people think of when they hear about submissive wives who obey their husbands.
Lisha · 584 weeks ago
The calm, confident stories of these women must be precious to the Lord's heart and we know He is using their obedience to draw others to Himself - how exciting! :)
Alyssa · 584 weeks ago
Molly · 584 weeks ago
When a wife submits to her husband, she loses her voice. She gives up the right to her home for the sake of patriarchy.
When a son submits to his father,. he forfeits what he feels is right for what his father SAYS is right.. He leaves behind character for the good of submission, assuming what his father believes is just for what he, the son, knows to be just.
Authority is not always right. If it was, we would still employ blood-letting, witch trials, public executions, and polygamy.
People MUST move forward. Yes, the bible should be our guide. But our minds, and hearts, should be our own.
Lindsay Harold · 584 weeks ago
"When a child submits to his teacher, he gives up his spirit. He loses curiosity in the name of obedience."
No. A child can simultaneously submit to a teacher (learning math now when he would rather be playing outside, for example) without giving up his spirit. In fact, it is difficult for a child to learn without submitting to the teacher. Completely free curiosity without discipline will learn very little. It takes effort and diligence to learn. Children (and people in general) are naturally inclined to take the easy way out. Submitting to a teacher gives children the structure they need to learn effectively. They do what they SHOULD do rather than what they WANT to do.
katie · 582 weeks ago
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katie · 582 weeks ago
This.
Was.
Awesome.
‘Nuf said
Linda VanDeusen · 521 weeks ago