Posted on 08/15/2011 8:41:01 AM PDT by TheWriterTX
It amazes and amuses me that so many unreligious nitwits get their knickers in a knot over Bachmann’s comments, and over Perry’s prayers at Revival.
Yet they don’t concern themselves with Obama’s Ramadan dinner, or his black liberation theology as it destroys the moral and social fabric of our nation.
The idiot feminists hate this word. Submitting to the authority of your husband, to me, means I respect his advice, his hard work, his determination to keep us safe and happy. It does not mean I bow down and allow him to beat me. I am happy to have him lead our family, and he is man enough to delegate a lot of that authority to me.
that whole neck turning the head thing!
Exactly - it’s like they are 3 year olds whining that if they can’t have something, no one can!
feminists hate God......so anything vaguely Biblical just gets them into a tizzy. so often they misunderstand the meaning of a word used by Christians.
Well said. It took me years to understand what ‘submissive’ meant. Although we did not have a Christian marriage until the past few years, we instinctively knew that we each had roles and that the marriage was bigger then the both of us. We’ll have 31 years in December.
I think what a lot of people don’t get is - “roles” are more about ‘being’ rather than ‘doing’. Men and women are different. And thank God for that!!! Women need love, men need respect. That’s how we’re wired. It’s really amazing how God made it work. Women are to respect the men - something that’s not real natural to our natures. Men are to love their wives - something not natural to theirs. Yet, when practiced, it works in great harmony.
We got to spend some time with our son-in-law this weekend and he was talking about how our daughter recognizes him as the head of the household and that it is both honoring and a burden at the same time. He takes being a husband very seriously. We are so pleased that they understand the basics of marriage. We think they’ll do fine......now if they’ll just give us GRANDKIDS!!! (no pressure, kids)
It's the Mainsteam Media and the Progressives that Hate God and any mention of His authority or His Word. This is why Adultery is covering our land with it's wet musty blanket of filth - pushing Gay marriage as the example for our country. It is disgusting.
True marriage is where and Man and a Woman submit to one another out of Love - with His Love being the example. It is not just about sex, it is about Unity and respecting and relying on the roles He has WISELY given us.
Right now, the Left and the Media are going 180 degrees away from this as fast as they can. Obama said that he would not defend Marriage (the Defense of Marriage Act) and is pushing for Gay Marriage in other countries. He is doing it covertly here.
This is why the Mainstream Media sneers at Christian Marriage and spews venom against Christians (using terms like "Right Wing Fanatics"). The Truth is that they are Left Wing Fanatics and are undermining our Nation and our Families.
I always tell my husband I don't have to put him first before myself because we are one - anything I do for him I am spiritually doing for myself as well.
Congrats on your long marriage - we are soon to celebrate #27 ourselves!
Submission means different things to different people. Deferring to the other’s expertise is common sense to me and it works both ways. I think Bachmann hit the nail on the head when she said she interpreted it as a respect for each other. In our marriage, we depend on each other to handle certain roles. Sometimes they get switched around but we are always a team.
If you think all Christian wives are submissive because they are pleasant, you obviously haven’t spent any time in a Southern Baptist home. Letting your husband be the driver on family outings doesn’t at ALL represent who wears the pants in those families.
Well said - makes too much sense for the national media to understand.
That’s how we are both getting to our 27th year next month!
I think leftists couldn’t care less what it really means. It’s about hating Christianity and hating the right. It’s just a means to an end to them. York was just doing his part to help bring down a strong conservative politician.
Well said, again. Years ago, I took a human sexuality class. It was required for the degree I was working on I think it was also an excuse to show porn on college campus - but that is a whole ‘nother discussion.
The instructor hated it that I said we had a happy marriage. She said in class on numerous occasions that anyone who said they were happy in marriage were liars. I liked the instructor and spent some time talking to her. She’d been married 3 times, was a single mom, very unhappy woman. She also gave me my only B that semester. I think it was because I had a happy marriage. Scores on everything was high.
Stan and I are very happily married. I’m a songwriter and for our anniversary, I wrote a song called “We’re Not Lucky, We’re Blessed”. One of theses days, I’ll get it finished and post it. We have a studio in our home, so it gives me an opportunity to practice my perfectionism. ;-)
“What about women who aren’t blessed with such wonderful husbands? Are they released from the command to submit?”
In a biblical marriage, submission is an acknowledgement that the husband is the head of the household. It does not mean that a woman has to do things that are ungodly or criminal. It means that she defers to his authority in matters that affect her household. The problem you bring up has more to do with marrying an unbeliever, being unequally yoked. Husbands are commanded to love their wives like themselves as Christ loves His church. That means a husband is willing to give his life for his wife if he is a Christian. Men who boss their wives around and seek to degrade her are not Christian men. Women should be very diligent in selecting a husband, a bossy, jealous man does not love you more, he simply wants to control you. This has nothing whatsoever to do with biblical submission.
(Works every time it's tried.)
Good is evil and evil is good.
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