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I was reading today and some scripture was put in a whole new light for me. In the church blogs last week I had touched on how marriage is modeled after the intimacy that exists in a relationship with God (we are Christ's bride). God's plan for order in marriage is a woman submitting to her husband the way Jesus submitted to the Father's will. The problem is men are not perfect. We do not live in an ideal world with faultless men. We are all sinners, even our beloved husbands.
1 Peter 2:21 Be submissive... not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what credit is it if, when you do wrong and are punished for it, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us,leaving usan example, that you should follow His steps: 22" He committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth";[h] 23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.
1 Likewise wives, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.
1 Peter 2: 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—
It is so easy to feel sorry for myself, and think its his own fault I'm angry at him. But that is not what God wants from us. Christ was a perfect example of suffering for God's glory. The Bible says we are to submit to our husbands the same way Christ submitted to God's will and went to the cross. Not only when it is easy to submit! Submission to our husbands begins and ends with obeying God.
And I could not leave out the following verses with so much wisdom for us as wives 3 Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— 4rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.
