The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down, Proverbs 14:1. After one month of marriage, a
woman named Lori determined that picking up Karl's crumpled jeans on their bedroom floor was not her job. She wanted to make sure that any thoughts her wonderful, new husband might have about her being his maid were nipped in the bud. After three days of jeans lying on the floor, Lori was mad. While it was not bothering her husband, she could think of almost nothing else. She waited until Karl returned home from work one evening and then stomped into the bedroom, and with a melodramatic sigh, reached over and scooped up the jeans - noticing they were her jeans. Twenty years later, Lori says her marriage benefited greatly from that one incident.
Lori, like many of us, was apprehensive that her role as a wife could, in some way, limit her personal potential and minimize what she had to offer. So, on high alert, she began to watch for slights from the man she loved rather than looking for ways to support and encourage him.
I will, because God wills is the basis of interaction with your husband - not I will, if he will. Submission is an act of consideration wrestled from self-centeredness and pinned to faith. It takes great strength to submit. If you submit to God, your husband will reap the overflow benefits. Purpose to be good to your husband. Choose to serve Christ well in the profoundly simple, albeit challenging, role of wife!
