l was reading in the New Testament in Colossians 3 where it says, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord." My kids are all newlyweds and I was curious what they thought of that verse. I asked them to sound off in a family group text on their thoughts of that idea, and my daughter in law responded first. She said that "as it is fit in the Lord" means that the husband speaks for the family, but they are still equally yoked, as it states in other places of scripture. Then my oldest son, her husband, gave an answer wiser than his years. He said, "I think Becca is right (that's the first cool thing he said, validating his wife) in that the Lord set up a pattern where two people can't preside over each other, one has to preside, it's just nature. Preside does not mean to rule however, it means to represent before God, and to represent God to the wife and family. For example, Adam represented God to Eve ...where Eve obeys Adam as he obeys Father."
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard....and while a new way of viewing the role of husband, it makes perfect sense to me. My confidence in finding a man to be a good husband has been damaged, but if this concept was better understood and followed, it would help men find their place in the family and society again. Men are struggling to know who they are supposed to be these days. Media portrays them as either sex driven bullies or weak and doormats to their strong, intelligent female counterparts. If they understood that their role is to develop Godlike characteristics, and enrich their families to bring them all to Christ, can you imagine the transformation in each home and thus society and the world????
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