we do, or not do, on a day to day basis, but have little influence on giving shape to how our wives actually live. Now of course providing financially, taking out the trash, listening, and keeping clear work hours help her, but they do little to serve her when you're not around. When you're at work. Right now, Jesus isn't around to wash our feet, or give us loaves and fishes, but He is surely leading and serving us. Here's the wonderful benefit we experience: he has given us a foundation by which to function and flourish on a day to day basis. We don't need to wonder, day in and day out, what is my purpose? What are my priorities? Am I valued? How do I fix my sin problem? What am I supposed to do? How do I hope for? And the list goes on. Think of all the things that are "knowns" in our lives because Jesus has given us a vision to pursue. How, as I husband, have I done that with my wife? If someone as your wife, specific questions like that, could she answer them point blank? A christian can answer the vision Jesus gave, 'make disciples' without having to ponder. Can my wife do the same as it relates to what our family is about? About what she's about day to day? Jesus also gives boundaries. We ought to as well. Submission then, isn't only about those circumstantial decisions that come around where