Now, before you get mad at me for knocking housewives, hear me out.
When Lew and I got married, I made a vow to be faithful to him until death parts us. Well, I've broken that vow time after time.
You see, as much as I love my husband (and I do love him desperately), there is another love in my life.
It's my house.
Yes, I often put my house far above my family, far above my husband, and sometimes far above the time I spend talking with my Heavenly Father.
Sometimes I won't even consider doing anything with my husband until the house is in order. It's like my life revolves around making my house happy instead of making my husband happy. I have become a house-wife instead of my husband's wife.
I need to start making Lew happy. I have to spend (1) a lot more time with God, (2) spend a lot more time being a wife, and (3) spend a lot less time trying to make my house perfect.
Being married to my house won't win anyone to Jesus. But being married to my husband just might set a good example for another struggling wife. And that is HUGE.
For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. (1 Corinthians 11:8-9)
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. (Proverbs 12:4)
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. (Ephesians 5:24)
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You might also like to read some of these posts from my archive:
Willing To Learn - Are you willing to learn new things to benefit your marriage?
Ephesians 5:22 - My (very) brief opinion of this wonderful verse.
Why I Submit - Let go and submit. You'll be glad you did!
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