The feminist movement has fixed some injustices that were in
society. While a woman can now live autonomously from a man, not having to rely
on their income, a negative ripple has flown down. God made women and men
different for a purpose, I believe one can look to the military to see the
successes and failures of this movement. With that said I think the role of a
man in the household has been diminished. Often we see the women as the primary
bread winner and men take the “Mr. Mom” role.
Ephesians 5:22-30 (I’m not going to paste the passage) is
often pointed to by feminist on how the woman is put down in society and how
the Bible is arcane. It does not say the woman cannot be the sole bread winner,
but rather how men and women conduct the marriage. It is compared to how we
conduct ourselves with God and the church. Each party has a role and are
subject to the authority of God.
Honestly many men today become subjects to their wives
because of this and that is not the intention, nor are women to be subjects of
their husbands as in the past. The key is there is a hierarchy that is natural.
Men do somethings well while women do other things well, we cannot fight
nature. God does not RULE over us and since the marriage is compared to our
relationship with God we must understand that just because a man is stronger
does not mean he is to push his will on his wife, but rather use his strength
to protect and comfort her.
It’s really that simple! We should never have a relationship
where one is pushed around by the other. With that said, we should not become
couch potatoes watching football and all the shows about football, expecting
the house work to be done by the wife. This is where a marriage becomes
unequally yoked.
I don’t really know where I am going with this other
than we all need to “man up” and serve the other party in a marriage! Jesus did
not rule over the church, he served it. We are to love our partner as Jesus
loved the church. Get it? Ok, now do it!