So I got my new book in the mail today! So very excited about it. It's called Dancing with the One You Love: Living Out Submission in the Real World. Started the first chapter and I am by far impressed! I want to dig deeper into this submission thing that God has told us to do. Ummm....Lady you are crazy is what you are thinking. Submission! I am not one for letting a man tell me what I can and can't do! Submission is not like that. God has designed it in a way that is correct and true. More to follow on that in a later blog and on to the meaning behind the title of my blog.
Tonight I was getting ready to make ice cream sundaes for dessert for my husband, kids, sister-in-law, and myself. In that order. When I reached for a bowl and my sister in law looked at me I said William first. She gave me a look and said of course, William is always first. He's the head of the household. Her response: Not in my house, mama always goes first.
This got me to thinking. What are we teaching our daughters? How does who gets the first helping at dinner or the first anything reflect our way of living? Growing up I remember my mom always fixing my dad's plate first. He was the man of the house and that's just how it was done. We coudn't eat til Dad was ready, unless he was out late, and we waited until he did. Was this the way my mom was raised? Probably and she passed it on to me. I have always served William first with dinner or anything because that is how I saw it done. But my sister in law sees my mother in law get everything first and if she doesn't like it then nobody likes it. Interesting don't you think.
What are we teaching our daughters? I know I want mine to know that her husband is the head of house and should be served accordingly. How about you?
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