Marriage Problem #2: Wife Leading Husband? Part 2 (TMF:940)

Friday, July 27, 2018
Peace to Live By: Marriage Problem #2: Wife Leading Husband? Part 2 (TMF:940) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, for many people’s marriages, this is not a problem at all—that of the husband being the head of the family. This is because it is in the natural instincts of a woman to want to submit to her husband, as that is the way God has made her internal drive. The normal drive then of the man is to lead. But while these are the natural drives God has placed inside of people, sometimes the wife does want to try to lead her husband. At times this is because the wife is a strong-willed woman. She has a high drive, and wants things to be her way. And while there is nothing wrong with a woman having a high drive, she can also, along with the elevated motivation, learn to submit to her husband. Nevertheless, sometimes the woman leads because the man is unconfident and won’t lead her. Now, a man might be like this because he grew up with an overbearing father, who caused him to be discouraged, or without a father at all, and this caused him to lose his confidence in life, or not properly develop it. Whatever the reason for the woman trying to lead her husband, this is not the way God has designed the marriage relationship to be.