Help! I Married the Wrong Person! 2

No you didn’t!

Now here’s what yesterday’s verse means. Do this . . . . . . .  

“wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord.  For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. 24 As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.  

“husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her 26 to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word” Ephesians 5:22-26 (NLT) 

Reflect

The “s” word isn’t popular. Can you say it without choking?
 
Okay, wives, here it is. You’re supposed to choose to submit to a man who leads the way in your home by submitting himself to your needs. He’s supposed to go first. Would you be willing to submit to a man like that? 

Bottom line: we’re back to verse 21. Submit to each other. God, (Father Son and Holy Spirit) are the example. They love and laugh (yes they do!) and live in joyful submission to one another. If you have a husband who isn’t in on this “100% leading in submission” thing, you’re not alone. No wife has a one hundred percenter. What then? Do what women throughout he ages have done. Love the guy anyway and do so by partnering with him in every way you legitimately can. Fighting him every step of the way won’t work, as I’m guessing you’ve figured out by now. 

NOTE: This is not “doormat theology”. There is a time for stepping away from an abusive situation for safety and in order that the other spouse will come to his or her senses and choose to change. A good book on this subject is Love Must Be Tough by James Dobson.