Tuesday, March 2, 2010

So....In the Spice of ~The Art of a Housewife~ Part 2

So in my search...which I don't know how it lead me to youtube.....but I found this video....very disturbing to my hope in thinking my passion and desires for being a housewife could be encouraged in earlier years...

....I find this video....which leaves me in open mouth gasping.....no way...no wonder women have turn the course of things. The words shared...I believe is from a book back in the day...written to be helpful to a wife...to be a better housewife...?

....so in much disappointment... I wonder where is the zest for the passion of being a housewife... ...I do not take my passions lightly....I desire to be an amazing woman, sister, wife, mother, grandmother.... , but feel the world says..."just a housewife"........so in thought....several hours.....as I think of the off balances of yesterday and today...I wonder what can bring balance and that drives me back to His words.....

...yesterday and today thinking does not even line up with biblical words for us women....... How did we get off course... so in the upset-ness...which is so understandable...I see why women have turned the environment around....but it seems to be off balance....For I... as much am offended by this video with words from the 50's...I am tired of the down grading of men!!!! You see it in commercials, television shows... at times in people's speech...

...Did our fears of the past create an off balance in us now... How did we get so off balance and I ask myself where is the balance...... Which leads my mind back to our creature.... ...and in search for His direction....

....I see our creator loves us equally ...yet we as man and women we have our differences... ...the Proverbs 31 woman is of much noble character...strong.. intelligent...diligent... focused... hospitable... providing... nurturing... creative.... dignified... wise... intuned... honorable... admirable... ...I am sure so much more can be added here.... Then to find in Ephesians 5...Submit...begins here with...verse 21...Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ... ...I know I say Submit...and everyone wants to add a thought...but in calmness...lets relax and try to reflect on God‘s words...
......Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.. ...which leads to the next verse in saying Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as you do to the Lord....., but I do not think the verse 22 is forgetting verse 21~~~ I think I see my submitting to my own husband more like the...to give over to my own husband...to present ~ for his approval/support, (don’t take this lightly...I do not see approval as a quick permission!!!...that‘s why I added support...) ....I consider what he has to say....yet this is not without me as his wife having a voice....he hears my words and I hear his words...together we have discussions sometimes at length.. in this length of time he may change his thoughts or I may change mine...but ...then with prayer and respect I defer.... Our life is not so cut and dry...he says~I do...much depth ....maybe that could be more understood as reverence..... Anyway every couple needs to find their way...to what God means in all this for them..., ....but then God moves on to how the husbands are to love the wives....,.....could of I created this any better...? ...to love to those depths is a lifetime to learn and grow in.... .....So just a thought to add here...the beginning of Chap. 6 starts by saying Children, obey........ ....notice in all God instructs for the wife or the husband...He never says the word obey to either one!!!!!

I am to submit to my own husband in everything.... to give over...to present....to submit a plan(my ideas)....to yield oneself to another... .....I submit to my own husband....my love.........I share my thoughts, hopes, pains, visions, dreams, differences...as he shares with me......in addition to him sharing with me... he is to love me, just as Christ loved the church....I take my responsibility of submission...in faith...with much love and prayer.... I like when I come across with presenting myself in a humble manner...for like I said earlier...I see our creator loves us equally ...I am not better then my husband and he is not better then his wife .....then out of reverence......feeling...or attitude of deep respect to Christ....so in much prayer ...we find our way.... for us.... the direction God leads.

Where has woman or man lost their vision for all this....
............balance can only happen when we go back to our creator...
..........I love being a woman...I want to learn to be the best for me!

Notes from dictionary.com
~ Submit...
–verb (used with object)
1. to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
2. to subject to some kind of treatment or influence.
3. to present for the approval, consideration, or decision of another or others: to submit a plan; to submit an application.
4. to state or urge with deference; suggest or propose (usually fol. by a clause): I submit that full proof should be required.
–verb (used without object) 5. to yield oneself to the power or authority of another: to submit to a conqueror. 6. to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment: to submit to chemotherapy. 7.
to defer to another's judgment, opinion, decision, etc.: I submit to your superior judgment.
~Reverence...
–noun 1. a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration. 2. the outward manifestation of this feeling: to pay reverence. 3. a gesture indicative of deep respect; an obeisance, bow, or curtsy. 4.
the state of being revered.
–verb (used with object)
6.
to regard or treat with reverence; venerate: One should reverence God and His laws.