Follow the Leader

While in the Hill Country this week, I  had to return to Houston for a ladies event at church.  I drove home alone and then returned to the Hill Country alone early the next morning.

Not gonna lie to you I don't particularly like the roads when they become "hilly."  I have a tremendous fear of free falling, mainly because I don't have control.   I don't believe you would catch me sky diving or  even on a roller coaster.

Back in the day of Astroworld, it was everything I could do to manage the bambo shoot.  That slight "free fall" dip where everyone raises their arms would kill me. 

On the road, every time I made it to a hill my heart beat a little faster at the thought of what might be on the other side of the hill once I got there.  What if there was a stalled car or a deer or anything else?  Do you know what that would do to then or me at 80 miles per hour?

I was grateful when I finally reached my destination.  That was my third trip alone as I went alone on Saturday, returned alone on Tuesday and then drove back alone on Wednesday.  By the time we returned to Houston on Thursday, my husband was there also and we came home together...in separate cars.

Before we got on the road he asked "Do you want to lead or follow?" Duh.....I want to follow!  I did not want to lead out and be responsible for the person behind me-him.

I can not tell you how comforting it was to have my husband lead. While that is actually as God intended, that is never easy for me. I remember him coming to me and telling me that his days off had changed and we would have to move to Saturday night worship services.  Of course I responded willingly.....not!

I gave him other options like "what if we went to Saturday Bible Study together and I went alone on Sundays.". I know that God intends us to love and respect our husbands but "leading" is my thing! I'm an older sister, I was in policing, I teach bible study...all leadership positions.

The fact is I want to lead-the truth is God gave me a leader and he's called "husband."

I pray that I will be willing to listen to God's Word and follow the leader he has given me in life. I want him to lead me on the road and I pray that I will submit to him leading me in life just as God has instructed. Follow the leader!

Wives submit yourselves to your own husband's as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church his body of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to God so also wives should submit to their husband's in everything. Ephesians 5:22-24

Wives in the same way submit to your own husbands so that if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives. 1 Peter 3:1