The Lord's Song

We think that when we humble ourselves to serve our husbands, we will lose our respect and dignity a a woman and become nothing but a doormat. But, as a great Christian woman once wrote “Christ became even lower than a doormat.” Christ sid not scrape and grasp for His rights, His power, His control. He willingly sacrificed them in order to meet our greatest need. There is no Greater love than the One who stooped so low and sacrificed so much for the sake of His Beloved. Christ was not worried about what He would receive from us, He simply gave-He willingly poured out His breath and blood because He loved us. That is how we are called to love our husbands. Not holding back-pouring ourselves out for our man with abandon. Not scraping for our own rights, not grasping for our own agenda, but humbling ourselves daily, seeking our spouse’s good above our own.

Set-Apart Femininity ~ Leslie Ludy (via what-lovereally-means)

Yes, all this is true. But I feel as though people use this argument a lot while forgetting all men and women are to be imitators of Christ. And so, “Not scraping for our own rights, not grasping for our own agenda, but humbling ourselves daily, seeking our spouse’s good above our own” applies to husbands as well and not just wives.

Also note that this is not between MEN and WOMEN, but husbands and wives. There is a difference. I remember someone telling me that women must be “submissive” (what this word means is debatable) to men. Whatever it is, it’s between husbands and wives. There is an obvious difference.

Secondly, I think people use arguments like this to suppress people fighting for women’s rights. And I think this is what happens when people fail to see that a wife is a woman, but a woman is not a wife. Also, not all women are Christian. I am a Christian, but I find it so necessary to fight for the rights of women. All women..because it is so necessary. God does not want women to be unhappy in their marriages, to feel like they can only stay home and look after kids when they want to work, to feel battered, to feel like they are only their husband’s helper. Certain Christian wives/women probably feel that this enough for them, and then try to convince Christian girls that that is what they should be content with, as well. If it is good for you, great. But all women are different and I believe that it is not all God called women to be. Deborah, Esther, Miriam. Enough said.

(Source: settheworld-onfire-forhim)