Tonight was not only the launch of our Saturday night service at Coastline Church, but it was the first sermon in the Love and Respect series. The foundational verse for this series is Ephesians 5:21 "And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." The bible asks that the husband and wife submit to each other-it's a mutual submission-just as we submit our lives to Christ. The husband is the Christ figure in a marriage and the wife is Christ's bride.
That image really sunk in tonight. I am to look to Pat, my husband, as the leader of my home and I am supposed to respect him as that. He does so much for me and my baby boy, to make sure that we are okay. He gets up every morning and goes to work to make sure we have the money to live. He puts food on our table and pays all our bills.
Thank you, baby. I love you.
This sounds so good, Kelley! Alan and I are actually going through the Love/Respect material together for premarital counseling. We've only been able to watch session one thus far, but I've already learned so much...I can't wait until we can get together and soak in the rest of the teaching! [Okay, so I just can't wait to SEE him again. Period. But that's beside the point! lol!]
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement! Great stuff!