Captain's Blog

This might be 2 posts worth of information but I'm sure they will tie together, here we go.....

Just in case you didn't know submission has nothing to do with equality. We are all made in the image of God and we all heirs. All equal. Different roles.

Now to speak directly to submission,

Dr. Wayne Grudem says "The idea of headship and submission never began! It has always existed in the eternal nature of God himself. And in this most basic of all authority relationships, authority is not based on gifts or ability; it is just there...[The relationship between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit] is one of leadership and authority on the one hand and voluntary, willing, joyful submission to that authority on the other hand. We can learn from this that submission to a rightful authority is a noble virtue. It is a privilege. It is something good and desirable. It is the virtue that has been demonstrated by the eternal Son of God forever. It is His glory, the glory of the Son as He relates to the Father.

I guess I've always thought of "submission" (in a negative conetation) as thought up in the early days when women started to try to work outside the home and men didn't want them to. This is more like when the problems began. And why might the problems have begun then? Hmmm. Women outside the home?

Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

Mark Twain "I have far more trouble with the things I do understand in the Bible than the things I don't understand." :)

Now here me out. I have resisted this my whole life. I'm no femanist but I have rights! Yeah only to submit.

Carolyn Mahaney in Femaine Appeal "...the submissive wife - far from being the weak willed woman our culture portrays - is actually a model of inner strength. By God's grace, she has conquered this oppostion within her own heart. It is actually weakness on display when a wife is not submissive; she is only caving in to her natural inclination to usurp authority and demand her own way. That doesn't take any effort at all!

After I read this I thought wow. She is bang on. This just sat right. Not easy to hear but it is true and something inside me agrees with every word and wants to fight with all I have to possess inner strength.

The other day I was at Toys R Us, we were buying a present for Orin for his birthday, and I saw the ugliest scene. A women was arguing with her husband in a not so quiet way, not yelling but definately disrespectful and demeaning. I would have thought nothing of that before. In fact I have done that and felt like my point was being made if not heard. Selfish! Now that I am aware of how ugly that is well I want to be far from that in my life. I felt awful for the husband cause he was very meek, definately not trying to make a scene and reason with his wife.

Ladies, I'm not fully there but I'm encouraged to grow in this area.

Now for the kicker. I was thinking about my sons and who they are going to marry one day. How do I want my daughter-in-laws to treat my sons? People say we marry our opposite sex parent. Would I want my sons to marry someone like me? Would I want my daughter-in-laws to treat my sons like I treat Kevin sometimes? Ouch. Am I the only one feeling that?

The saying goes I can yell at my kids but don't you dare. I can demand that my kids submit but I won't. Messed up!

God is clear and satan is trying to make everything fuzzy. God is not a God of confusion. He is clear. It is simple to grasp. We just need to choose to do it. Easier said than done, however that's why we have each other.

Hebrews 10:24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

Be encouraged as we fight our natural inclinations.

God said, "I am with you" Jeremiah 30:11

Go warrior princess.

Alanne.