Good ole Wednesday

I woke up and went to the gym for a work out and came home to a house full of Ruth's and Amy's friends from small group. It is nice for Ruth to learn how to share since she never has to do so currently without siblings. I went and played some b-ball at noon. After naps, we decided to take Ruth out for a treat. We got fries and shaved ice which was pretty good. We got to church early and played on the playground with Eliot and Millie. Small group was very good. We discussed some plans for the summer and had a great discussion of the second portion of Ephesians 5. I recall using one verse in Matt Taylor's rehearsal dinner when I was the best man. I didn't fully understand its meaning back then and tonight I got a better grasp after our discussion.
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Ephesians 5:22-28 "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 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. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself."
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So I was referencing the first few lines jokingly when I stood up and told Elisha and the women in the room that night about the submitting to your husbands part, but now I better understand what Paul was saying. As Nick mentioned, the point is that as husbands, we sacrifice for our wives in our role as leaders. It is a great honor. I feel pressure to execute the responsibilities laid out before me and a Christian husband, but I know God will help me.
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1 Corinthians 12:21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!"
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This is an interesting verse that speaks to how everyone in the church body plays a part in His kingdom. There are those that serve by being missionaries or working at the church. I many times feel less important to God's plan because I am not as involved as I would like to be. Perhaps in the future, the aforementioned roles may be something I am involved in. For now, I will do everything I can to serve Christ in the situations he places me in.