1984 November/December issue Part 4

Questions and Answers

I have a question about submission. I agree that a wife should submit to her husband, but is there a point of carrying it so far that the wife loses her identity?


I don't think so. The submission the Bible talks about is voluntary, wholehearted, and for the Lord's sake. Did Jesus lose His identity by submitting Himself to the Father? You'll say, "Oh, but it's a different thing when you have to submit to a sinner!" Yes, it is, in one sense, yet when we do so in obedience to the Lord (see Eph 5:22; 1 Pt 3:1, 5:5; Ti 2:5) we will not only not lose our identity, but we will in fact find it. "Whoever cares for his own safety is lost, but if a man will let himself be lost for my sake, he will find his true self" (Mt 16:25).

TO GO FORWARD IS TO DIE TO GO BACK IS TO DIE LET US GO FORWARD
-Zulu warrior's motto



A New House

It is finished. Well, not entirely, but enough for us to move into in late July, and, three weeks later we had a kitchen. We cooked on a hot plate in the bathroom in the meantime. Today the carpenters left, and I miss them. I don't know how I'll get along without those three delightful workmen. They worked together in a harmony that was wonderful to see, and were endlessly cheerful and patient and ready to make changes and add extras as we went along. "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." It wasn't done on my time schedule, but I believe the Lord built it. We are very, very, very grateful. Lars, bless his heart, is still painting. For about ten (sometimes twelve) hours a day he paints- every inch of every room, inside and outside, three coats, all by himself. He wants the job done right!