The Mr's Devotional

The Mr. has a strong presence and a deep (I mean DEEP) sexy voice, but he is also the most easy going quiet man that you will ever meet. True story.

It's one of the characteristics that I love most about him. The moral of the story is that when he speaks, I listen. He doesn't speak for the sake of talking. He speaks with a purpose. For this reason, I was super excited about the devotion he had prayerfully prepared for us while we were on our marriage retreat. God is so awesome. I was asking God to reveal some things to me about submission and He did that, through my husband. It was so amazing! So without any further ado, here are the notes I took from that power packed devotional about marriage. I am praying that you get what God wants you to get out of it.

Ephesians 5:21-33

:21 Submit to each other. Husbands submit to their wives in the sense that they don't lord their headship over the wife. They lead to also benefit their wife.

Wife is to be subject to husband, adapt herself to her husband; be submissive; IN EVERYTHING, as to the Lord; in the same way that the church is subject to Christ.

Husband's role is to love wife unconditionally, give himself fully to wife.

:26 building wife up spiritually
:27 final goal in mind
:28 Husband, take care of wife as if wife was himself; in marriage 2 become 1, wife is an extension of husband.

Marriage isn't about the legalities of should we must have separate or joint accounts. It's about fulfilling our roles in marriage. Wife subject to husband. Husband taking care of wife.

:31 is a quote from Genesis 2:24

Genesis 2:23-24
Eve was Adam's rib, extension of self, member of his body. I am The Mr's rib.

Ephesians 5:31-32
the church is to leave where we came from (sinful nature and the world) and become one with Christ.

A Godly marriage is representation of the Gospel. 

Co-heirs with Christ. Example = our tax return. Filing separately my work equated to having to pay $500 back in taxes. However, we tried filing together. Because of The Mr we got back multiple times over the $500 that I would have had to pay with out him. We will receive what Christ has, but it's not because of our works. It's because of what Christ has done for us.