We are trying to post something funny every Friday. To stay with the "submission" theme that we had going this week, this comic cartoon was the best thing we could find! Work with us.
The funny thing is that some men probably act like the man in the image. Wil didn't take it quite this far (he would have gotten all too familiar with that bell if he had) but, at one point in our marriage, he was close! He never demanded that I submit in such a physical, service-oriented way but he did make extreme decisions and then expect me to automatically submit "as if to the lord."
True Story Stories:
Oh, there are so many stories running through my mind from the past when Wil tried to force his hand. I will tell you two situations.
“Well, the bible says, ‘Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands,’’ is how I used to respond any time I attempted to throw my weight around and get my wife to do what I wanted her to do. At the time, neither of us was really reading the bible so my wife couldn’t rebut with any biblical passages. If she only knew that the next verse (Colossians 3:19) read, “Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them,” I envision the arguments proceeding very differently.
Over the past year or so I have found that the best way to get your wife to submit to you (some women don’t like the word “submit” but, hey, it’s biblical and it really means to accept something or to be agreeable) is to be in constant submission to God. If a woman feels that a man is forcing her into something just for the sake of doing it, she will either fight back or quietly go along with his demands but secretly resent him, which will definitely lead to future problems.
But how do you make sure you’re always in line with God’s will and submit to it? If you feel that you are submitting to God, how can you get your wife to submit? These are my suggestions:
