"Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. " Ephesians 5: 21-30 (New International Version)
It is very interesting how men and women are so different! Wow! God made them so different and gave them same rules and different roles! Think about it: God has commanded each one of us to love our neighbour as ourselves, to be kind to one another and all. However, God has highlighted different roles of men and women in the context of marriage. Amazing! In the scripture above, both husbands and wives are called to submit to one another. Wives are called to be submissive to their husbands. Husbands are called to love their wives. Now, it doesn't mean that wives should not love their husbands! No! It means in your role as wife, remember to be submissive. And in your role as husband, remember to love sacrificially. Looking at how men and women are wired, one of a man's greatest need is respect and honor. Men love to be looked up to, to be respected, to be obeyed. When women fail to meet this need, the men lose their confidence and in turn are hostile to their women. One of the woman's greatest need is to be loved. Somehow, women love to be loved. Anytime a man does not meet this need, the woman feels deprived and in turn can get very discouraged. Both men and women are called to love, but in the loving..husbands to love their wives sacrificially and wives to submit to their husbands! The home will be a better place once we fit into these roles and carry out other instructions given to us in the Word of God.
Get on loving!
