Submission isn’t about knowing your position and feeling less than or greater than your spouse. It is about choosing the attitude with which you serve your spouse. It is about putting aside selfish desires for the greater good of your marriage and family. It is not forced or demanded.

Just as Jesus modeled through his sacrificial death on the cross, he chose to submit in a way that was loving and selfless. Wives are called to submit to their husbands, and husbands are called to love their wives as Christ loved the church. And together, we submit ourselves to one another out of reverence for Christ.