The Bible and women submitting

I Timothy 2:1-15

Hmmmm. Women submitting.  Touchy subject. 

As I read this verse today for my devotional and the responses from the women who also read it, I see this is as clear as mud!

I think our pride makes us want to"alter" this passage so that it is more palatable for our modern times.  However,  scripture is either God breathed or it is not. If you believe it is, and I do, then we can't change the meaning.

Having said that,  we do have to know the context of the particular book to fully comprehend what is being said. 

Today,  my take away was that basically I, as a woman, should be submissive to my husband,  and that he is supposed to love me as he loves himself. For me, that seems like it should work.  Of course, both parties have to do their part.  We, as humans, mess up all the time and don't do our part in a relationship and hurt each other. So, the Bible didn't make a mistake here about women being submissive. We, the flawed humans we are, are the ones who are making mistakes. 

Then I go back to Eve. Eve did not submit to her husband when she gave him the apple to eat. No, she enticed him. She, the woman, encouraged him to sin. She didn't remind him about the consequences God had told them about. She just wanted him to eat the apple because she did, and it tasted good.  Sin tasted good to her at that moment, so she encouraged her husband to do the same. 

Perhaps this is the silent part for women that is referred to in Timothy.  As wives, we can influence our husband for good or bad.  We need to be careful! We can encourage them to sin or encourage them to do the right thing.  We can discourage them from don't the right thing or discourage them from doing the wrong thing.  We are their spouse for a reason.  We should take our responsibility to influence our husbands very seriously. 

Last night, my husband and I went out to eat. It was our scheduled date night as we are very busy and find this is a way to make time for each other. We have also tried to eat healthier. Well, going out to eat doesn't really work for eating healthier as you don't really know how your food was prepared, etc. Still, you can make the best choices possible. Unfortunately, I made some pretty poor choices last night...and my husband followed my lead! 

So, ladies, lest we lead our husbands astray, be sinless, so that we are help mates to our husbands (submissive), rather than stumbling blocks!