NKJV 365 / What exactly does a submissive wife look like?

NKJV 365 Day Reading Plan

Day 145 of 365 What exactly does a submissive wife look like? I try to challenge women today to think of the word submission in other terms. The word does not mean, as some think, being a slave or allowing yourself to get walked on or abused. Instead, submission will more often involve things like supporting your husband, believing in him, giving him respect. Those words help describe what submission really means. My role as a wife is to support my husband. I am to believe in him, respect him, and help him (see Gen. 2: 18, 20). I want to help Dennis become all that God intends for him to be. That doesn't mean, of course, that he's not also helping me to become all God intends me to be! We do that for each other. But my primary role is to be a helper, to believe in him and to support him in what he believes God is calling him to do. When we first started talking about joining with others to launch a ministry to married couples and families, I was free to voice my concerns and express my opinions. Once the decision was made (in this case, a decision we both believed was God's will for us), my assignment was to respect, support, and encourage Dennis as he gave leadership to the ministry. He has told me many times that my believing in him gave him courage. When we wives demonstrate respect for our husbands, we make it easier for them to do what God has called them to do. Taken from FamilyLife Marriage Bible Genesis 2:18-20 NASB 18 Then the L ord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." 19 Out of the ground the L ord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.