Remember, the goal here is to be the wife as commanded in Scripture. Read over Proverbs 31:10 and following for a presentation of a wife of noble character. Look to the many passages directed to women regarding their overall behavior. Take, for example, Paul’s command for older women to “encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be dishonored” (Titus 2:4-5). (Note that the purpose of such encouragement is “that the word of God may not be dishonored”. This view of “outside myself” is the theme of biblical thinking.) Look at 1 Cor. 13:4-8 to see God’s definition of exactly what it means to love. I think you will find that it clashes with today’s romance novels and current views of love.
Most importantly, ensure your aim is submission first to the Lord and, as a result, to your husband. That submission includes love, respect, and support. Once you have achieved that simple instruction, you will have removed the log from your own eye and can proceed to remove the speck from your husband’s eye.
Now, wives, you must stop reading here. The next section is to husbands. It is not addressed to wives. You can start reading again when I start the “Mutual Submission” section to get the rest of the story.
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