"How do I behave submissively to the Rugged Mountain Man today?"
I think on this often. I'm profoundly interested in anything that makes me the kind of wife outlined in the Bible, a virtuous women who helps and blesses her husband.
In my comfy, cozy corner, I sat sipping tea and mulling over the day ahead; how to meet it with a good attitude, how to be obedient to the Lord in every part of it, how to be joyful through whatever we ended up doing on this particular day. I wrote in my journal,
"Maybe submission is as simple as being
flexible.
Actually, it is probably, and more accurately,
being happily
flexible."
In this I can surely grow. Indeed there are ample opportunities in a day for flexibility toward my husband. He might need my help with a project. He may remember something he needs me to do. He may want to change our plans. He may be quiet when I feel like talking. So many moments for me to be happily flexible. Choosing to grow in those moments and relying on His grace to pray,