Rocking the Roles
Marriage as an Organization MEN WOMEN Lead Nurture Head, protect, provide Helper, lover, submission Specific leadership (Luke 22:24-26) Specific support & nurture Head of the wife (Eph 5:23-30) Subject to their own husbands Biblical leadership (servant leader) Responsibility, not priviledge Service, not being served Support, not superiority Workers at home: old-fashioned, content to stay at home, chaste, dutifully obedient, friendly & amusing, careful over money, not over-dressed, religious without being fanatical, adept at spinning & weaving (p.40) Head: life-giving, protector, provider, lover, responsible for, developer of Positive, creative, challenging, vital role, helping, loving Male Headship: Responsibility, not rank Sacrifice, not selfishness Duty, not domination Proverbs 14:1 states, "The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands." (I see this in America!!) Seek wife's best, ev...