Ramblings of a Christian Wife

A few days ago I wrote a blog post concerning the need for me to change from a selfish wife to a serving wife and I promised to get back to the subject of women's incorrect views of submission.  Since I am feeling the almost obsessive need (driven by anxiety and depression) to write down (or type) my thoughts, I figured now is a good time to address this issue.  Though I am by no means an expert on marriage or the concept of submission I would like to share what the Bible says about submission in more depth than my last post.   First, lets look at Ephesians 5:22-24 22  Wives,  be subject  to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23  For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself  being  the Savior of the body. 24  But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives  ought to be  to their husbands in everything. The verse above is taken from the KJV and uses the word subject...

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the  Lord  shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.  If I am anything it is impatient.  Much like my children when they were two, I want what I want when I want it.  That is especially true when it comes to dealing with depression.  I want the problem dealt with and gone so I can move on with my life.  I want God to take it away.....NOW!  But I am learning (as I should have learned 16 years ago) that God does not always answer my prayers when and how I want Him too, especially when I walk around stomping my feet and insisting that things get done my way.  Can you see the rationale going through my head?  Can you see the problem?  If you are thinking the problem is I keep talking about I and me, you would be correct.  As with other p...

As many of those closest to me can attest; I am a moody person.  Add to that the fact that I suffer from anxiety and depression and its not hard to imagine that I am not always the most cheerful person in the world.  Though depression and anxiety are something that are not within my control I am very quickly learning that having these illnesses is NO excuse to not serve my husband or to neglect the needs of my marriage.  Before I begin discussing what I believe becoming a serving wife is, I would like to be quite honest.  I am not an expert at serving my husband, in fact I can name at least a hundred instances where I have failed to serve my husband in the last two weeks!! The idea of serving my husband was a rather foreign concept to me and frankly many women in our world (but that is a subject for a different post).  I have at times been down right mean, distant, and cold to my husband.  All marriage killers!  So how has my marriage survived all this...