Proverbs 31:10-31 and Ephesians 5:22-25,28

On my last post (Pictures for Baby J), under the picture of our mother I said that she was a proverbs 31 women and at that time I was Recollecting the verses. under the picture of our father I didn't even know where in the scripture a biblical husband was talked about, so here is more on the two areas of the bible about husbands and wives.

People who only read parts of the Bible on this topic, say that,

"Christianity oppresses women by making them submit to their husbands"

The Scripture does say , " Wives submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord," but it also instructs, "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it" (Ephesians 5:22-25). A man who understands that Jesus Christ sacrificed his life's blood for the church will likewise love his wife sacrificially and passionately. He will honor her, respect her, love, and cherish her as much as he does his own body, as he is instructed to do (Ephesians 5:28). He will never say or do anything to harm or demean her. It is in this atmosphere of love and security that a godly wife willingly submits herself to the protective arms of her husband. She does this not because he is better than she is, but simply because this is God's order for His creation.

A godless world rejects the God-given formula to make amarriage work. it thinks it knows best, andsuffers the heartbreaking consequences of destroyed marriages and ruined lives. The Christian idea of marriage is not one of an authoritarian and chauvinistic male holding his cringing wife in submission like an obedient dog. It's the very opposite. While most of the great religions treat women as inferior to men, the Bible gives them a place of dignity, honor, and unspeakable worth, expressed so evidently in proverbs 31. (Letters in bold are from my Bible)

I know that my parents both live very biblical marriages.

Living a biblical marriage doesn't mean that nothing will go wrong or there won't ever be hard times within the marriage but they will be fixable with God and the husband and wife will grow stronger together.