Couplehood

It's wonderful how God is able to speak even through the movies.

Without the Word, a movie is just a good story; with the Word, Abba can be involved in the most innocuous of scenes.

To the wives who have been told to submit to the husbands, as unto the Lord.

Well, it can seem like a command - as if we have the choice taken out of our hands - 'cos the bible says so? And as if to comfort ourselves, we put the qualifer "as unto the Lord"

In the movie, "Take the Lead" there was a short scene where Antonio Banderas was teaching two teenagers how to dance the waltz. He tells the girl to follow the guy because he will be leading her. She says, hands on hips, "what? so now he gets to be in charge?"

And Mr B replies, "no, no. The guy proposes the next step, it is the girl's choice to follow."

And in a relationship, is it not a dance between a couple?

The bible says the man is the head of the household and the woman is to submit. But there is a glory in submission. Firstly, man and woman are created equal but different. There is a beauty in the woman respecting her husband as head of the household and submitting herself - it implies that she is more 'powerful' (for lack of a better word) and hence submits herself to him. Secondly, the initiative still lies with her - it is ultimately, her choice.