Who's the Boss?

Last night we were with friends and I asked my hubby not to do something that everyone else wanted him to do. He didn't do it. He is an amazing husband and I am so blessed to have him as mine. This however led to a discussion about keeping "the boss" happy. Two of the men there were saying that they are the boss until their wives are home. They joked around about it and the one wife who was there said that's right that she is the boss in their house and he has no say in what she does.

Does this seem wrong to anyone else? I tried to tell them that my hubby is the head of our house and that he didn't do it because he is a wonderful husband and he loves me not because I am "the boss".

So who's the boss? The Bible tells us the answer to that question....
1 Corinthians 11:3
Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.

This is God's plan and there is nothing degrading about it at all. Notice that the man also has a head and that even Christ has a head. This is a loving arrangement in which families function best. If you have two people struggling to lead how do you move forward?

It isn't true that you have to be in charge to have value. It isn't true that you are a doormat if you are a submissive wife. It isn't true that you will be unhappy if you let your husband take his rightful place as the head of the family. It isn't true that you will all be ruined if you trust your husband and his decisions. It is my hope that more and more women will fall away from the lies they've been taught and will return to the way God meant things to be.

When you let go and stop the struggle there is a peace and happiness that comes into your marriage. God blesses those who follow His ways.

Blessings,
Liisa