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Please turn in a Bible to the place where it is written, "Likewise ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands." There are few topics, it seems, that are more
intimidating and controversial than this one, that wives ought to be in subjection to their husbands. Few teachers seem willing to tackle it, especially in more mainstream Evangelical circles, and even among the few who attempt it
many appear unhealthy, unreasonable and corrupt. I have looked extensively, for several decades in fact, for such teaching, and I must say that I have not yet found any literature or teaching that addresses the subject fully,
squaring up with what I read for myself in the Bible. You may find this claim surprising, I myself am unsure as to why I find no adequate coverage of the topic. Perhaps I am missing something, perhaps I have not
looked long enough, perhaps I am simply in error. I ask you to consider the topic with me here for a few moments, and see what you think. Compare what you have heard taught on this subject with what we actually find in the Bible
together now. As we begin, please understand that there is much danger, especially for husbands, in approaching this subject (much less in writing about it!). Men, especially, must be very careful to resist any
desire to control and manipulate another (like your wife). No husband should be trying to sort out God's commands to wives until he has wrestled out his own calling and responsibility before God as a husband… until it has humbled
him and set him earnestly on the path of servanthood. Even Jesus Christ said that He "came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." Even so, let every man reading the following text do so
with fear and trembling. Wielding the sword of truth with ulterior motives brings great dishonor upon our Lord, and is very likely one of the key reasons that this concept is so very difficult to discuss openly in our churches
today. In addition, I must emphasize, it is a simple fact that the standards of God's Word are often vastly beyond our personal ability to follow with any real consistency. When we, and again I speak primarily to
men, examine the standards set by God for married women we are prone to being disappointed or grieved when the standard is not met. This is, again, very dangerous. All we need do is think to ourselves how it would feel if others
looked down on us or complained because we do not love our neighbors as ourselves. So, the motivation to pursue the topic must be love of the truth, springing from a faith that all God's commands are for our
welfare and that obedience to God brings our Lord pleaure and honor. We are of the firm persuasion that to neglect any truth of God is to cling to sin and darkness, so none of His commands should be overlooked or avoided. However,
we are also painfully aware that many ill-tempered, immature men have leveraged the authority of God's Word to control and manipulate others, especially in regard to this particular concept. In speaking the truth in love, we hope
that wives may be lead to ponder God's full instruction carefully for personal application, come to know the truth, obey it and be set free. We enjoin all others to seek an understanding of God's ways to equip them in discipleship,
and in training up young people in godly life patterns and beliefs.
So, let us begin with some facts. There are three passages in God's Word that address the mutual responsibilities of husbands and wives: Ephesians 5:22-33, Colossians
3:18-19 and 1st Peter 3:1-7. Each passage addresses the wife first and then the husband. Each passage tells the wife essentially the same thing: she is to be subject
to her husband. We will look at each one in detail, but summarize them here for direction. In Ephesians God states that the wife is to be subject to her husband as the Church of Jesus Christ is subject to Him. He
directs the wife to yield to the headship of her husband in everything. God concludes by instructing the wife to "see that she reverence (phobeo -- fear) her husband."
In Colossians He says the same kind of thing: the wife should submit to her husband. God uses the same Greek word here (hupotasso) as in Ephesians. God uses this word to describe how a church leader is to have his
children... "in subjection with all gravity." (1 Tim 3:4) God uses this term to describe how He has subdued all things under the dominion of Jesus Christ: "Thou hast put all things in subjection
under his feet." (Heb 2:8) Our God says the same in 1st Peter 3:1, where we began: "Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands." Here He exhorts the wife to have a chaste
fearfulness about her that is plainly visible to her husband: "while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear." God calls the wife to a demeanor that is so striking and appealing to her husband that she
wins his heart to righteousness... should he be taken with some fault or sinfulness, without so much as a word from her. She should strive to be meek -- not easily hurt or offended -- and quiet as a manner of life.
Toward the end of this passage God indicates that it is appropriate for the wife to address her husband as her lord. He uses the Greek word kurios, the word He uses hundreds of times to refer to the Lord
Jesus Christ, and translated "master" in Ephesians 6:5. Perhaps in climax, as He concludes 1st
Peter 3:6, God indicates that women who do not walk in this way of subjection to their husbands are not to consider themselves Christians, saying, "as long as ye do well" a wife should consider herself a daughter of Abraham.
The three texts above do not appear to be unusual in their content; the entire tenor of Scripture appears to be consistent with them.
In the bok of 1st Timothy, God explains that a woman is to learn in silence, with all subjection. She is never to take to herself a position of authority over a man or to teach a man with authority, but she is generally to
remain silent. Instead of orienting His concern around local examples of public disorder, perhaps involving outspoken women in the churches at the time (which is now a common thought in adddressing the text), God states that He has
purposefully designed the woman's role this way: He formed Adam first, then Eve. He adds as further warrant that it was Eve who was deceived, and that she was the first in transgression against Himself. (1 Tim 2:11-14) God elaborates further on such principles by instructing all women to walk in shamefacedness. (1 Tim 2:9) This word means to have a tender blush in the countenance, as though in the presence of a superior. In Corinthians God says it is shameful for women to speak in church, and that women are commanded to be... under obedience (hupotasso) in any public meeting. He says this concept is expressed in
His Law and that it is binding on the Church. He says that this principle is so important that a wife is to wait until she returns home before she asks her husband a question about something taught in a meeting. (1 Cor 14:34-35) We began by looking at instruction given in the New Testament... where the lovingkindness and mercy of God is perhaps more evident. What about the Old? In Exodus, in the Decalogue and immediately following it, God
speaks of a wife as a servant to her husband, as his property, embedding this concept in the very first principles of Law. (Ex 21) Before the Law, even before the Fall... Adam names
his wife: Woman, Eve. Elsewhere in the Word of Truth, when someone names another... it is evidently an expression of ownership, authority, and dominion (R.C. Sproul, Renewing Your Mind, 2003), as when Adam named the
animals, parents name their children.... or when Christ gave new names to His Apostles... and as He does to each one of His saints. (Rev 2:17) Eve was made explicitly for
Adam (1 Cor 11:9)... before the Fall. God appears to have provided an orientation for gender-based roles in the very way He presented Woman. Her very life came from Adam's life, and God then brought her to Adam without a name, and without an identity. As Adam gave to woman identity, both as a kind of creature and as an individual, it seems reasonable to deduce that God also deferred to Adam the task of teaching Eve the names of the animals, the details of the garden paradise, and relating His command concerning the Tree of Knowledge. God evidently designed woman's entry into the world such that everything she needed came through Man. Woman is taken from Man for Man, and depends upon Man for instruction and guidance. God appears to apply this simple principle repeatedly in orienting domestic, religious, and cultural behavior. (1 Cor 11:8-9)
As in the beginning, God also concludes His revelation to us by pointing out that all twenty-four human names embedded in the eternal city, in its gates and in its foundations, are masculine names (Re 21:12,14). It
is the conclusion of a very long history, a history of God consistently delegating the leadership role to the male gender. Though many godly women rose to places of great influence and public respect in God's kingdom, as for
example Miriam the sister of Moses and Deborah, a judge of Israel, not a single female throuhout the biblical record was ever explicitly and formally appointed by God to a leadership position. Not one.
The above statements are facts, my friend. What shall we do with them?
In the spring of 2001, as I listened to a famous Christian financial expert taking calls on live Christian radio, a woman called who was in conflict with her husband over a decision
concerning his work. The wife related that her husband wished to leave his current job, take a job with less compensation that he felt he would enjoy more, and have the wife go to work outside the home to help
support the family. They had a young child and the wife wished to stay at home, but the husband wanted the child in day care while his wife worked to supplement his income. She did not want to leave the child in day care, she felt
that neither she nor her husband would be comfortable on the reduced salary if she did not work, and she was calling the counselor for his advice. Without any hesitation at all, the host advised this woman to
resist her husband. The advisor stated that her desire to remain at home with her young child was good, and that her husband was being irresponsible in the matter of this job change. The advisor instructed the wife to tell her
husband that she would only agree to cooperate with him if he would be willing to live for four months on the equivalent of the reduced income and try it out with her before he gave up his present job. Only then – if she consented
after the four-month trial -- should her husband be permitted to make the change. Under no condition was the woman advised that she should go to work and leave her child at day care as her husband wished;
this was not considered an appropriate outcome of the trial period. She was told that no major decisions in the home were to be made unless both she and her husband were in complete agreement on it. She was offered materials and
literature to assist her in following through with this course of action, and the counselor was more than willing to speak directly with the husband on national radio and tell him the same thing before the Christian public. It seemed to me implicitly understood in the discussion that any reasonable Christian pastor would have counseled this woman similarly and that she could obtain equivalent encouragement practically anywhere in this
effort to resist her husband. Indeed, there was no hint that this counselor was countering the normal standard of the Word of God or of the church in his advice, but the whole of it appeared to be offered as wholesome and godly
counsel to the wife in her dilemma. No one called in to the talk show host to disagree with him. No biblical texts were offered in support of the advice he gave.
As I sat in a marriage conference the summer of 2001, I listened to a renowned pastor tell how he was called to the home of a couple in the midst of
separating. The wife was packing her bags and the husband was in a panic. The pastor arrived at the home, and was passionately informed by the wife how she had lived in destitution with her husband for many years... with him
controlling her every move. She had been reduced to begging for the car keys whenever she wanted to go about town, and to begging for money whenever she wanted any small thing. She was told when to go to bed, when to rise, what to
cook... and that afternoon she had happened upon one of her husband's bank statements. She had had no idea that they were... wealthy. Just one of the husband's bank statements reported a balance in excess of one
hundred thousand dollars. The wife was exploding in exasperation. The husband looked to this pastor for help: "Tell my wife... "
The pastor, author of a very conservative book on the biblical foundation for marriage (Marriage On The Rock), who ministers on national television restoring God's design for the marriage relationship, who has helped many
thousand's of couples avoid divorce... looked alarmingly at him. "Sir, you have a BIG problem on your hands... and if I were you I would do something about it right now! I would not blame this woman at all if she left you. I'd
not blame her one little bit! She has as much right to all this money as you do!" This was his simple counsel. It worked. The pastor happened upon the couple in a restaurant several weeks
later. The husband was not at all pleased to see him and was obvious about it. The wife was delighted, however, and informed the pastor that they were doing quite well. She was spending a LOT of money! and very
glad to be doing so... much to the pastor's pleasure. This minister of the Word of God gave no compelling biblical text to justify his counsel. No one in the conference challenged him. ------------- A friend of mine went to his pastor... my pastor, at the time... for counseling on behalf of his wife. She was not interested in serving her husband or obeying him, and it was evidently
generating some conflict in their home. My friend was hoping that our pastor would counsel with his wife and give her sound instruction in her proper duty in the home, for she refused to listen to his own teaching and she would not
search the Scriptures for herself. It was in fact both true and well known that a number of women had approached our pastor with similar complaints against their husbands, accusing their husbands of emotional
neglect, insensitivity and harshness. Without exception, these women had been offered great encouragement and their husbands soberly counseled and warned. Our pastor had openly confronted a number of men in this regard and had
counseled them plainly after the words of God to walk in love with their wives, to give them honor as unto the weaker vessel and to cherish and nourish their wives unconditionally as Christ does the Church. What was my pastor's
response to this man's unusual request? Instead of approaching the wife, my pastor openly scolded my brother for his selfishness, reprimanding him for his insensitivity and cold-heartedness. My pastor never once
spoke with his wife. Rather, my pastor gave this husband instruction in how to minister to and serve his wife, as Christ serves the church (as he told him), and informed him that this was his most important task in life. He stated
that all of the problems in his home and his wife's unhappiness were entirely his own fault, and that he was evidently a selfish and ungodly example in his home. He told the husband that until he would give himself to ministering
to the needs of his wife in a godly way, he should not expect things to get any better, but to get even worse. My pastor assured my friend that if he would sacrificially and unconditionally minister to his wife
that she would gladly fulfill her role and that their home would then become happy, peaceful and orderly. But, should she not respond for some reason, he was to continue in this selfless service to her unconditionally for the rest
of his days. My friend did not tell me this story... my pastor told me himself... with an apparent sense of bewilderment and dismay that any man familiar with the Word of God could be so blind and
selfish as to have asked him for such help. ------------- As difficult as these subjects plainly are, shouldn't we be honest with the Word of
God, even amidst such powerful and widespread sentiment? Perhaps... you think not. The cost is certainly great. Truly, what is to be gained from meddling in such things?
Asked another way: What is the ultimate cost of neglecting... any truth of God? The answer is simple: Freedom. I once ventured into the lush halls of a prominent evangelical church in Solon, Ohio, home of a renowned pastor
whose radio teaching I have very much enjoyed. I was in town on business and dropped by one Wednesday evening, hoping to make some convenient acquaintance. There was no hustle and bustle of a mid-week service, the
empty halls spotted here and there with a soul or two. As I perused a well-decked bulletin board, an elder of the church approached and introduced himself. He had little time, on his way to an elder's meeting, but evidently noticed
my out-of-place-ness and was drawn to me. We spoke briefly and openly for a moment. The fact that this man was not a novice was immediately evident to me; he was seasoned in the things of God. I briefly mentioned
my concerns with domestic chaos... and this man startled me. He said something... with persuasion... that I had never heard anyone else say, something I had never read... something I thought no one else would ever say. This elder had noticed that the three primary biblical texts on marriage consistently address the wife first, before addressing the husband. He stated that God's purpose in this is to emphasize the role of the wife
and lay it out as a foundation for the home. He then proceeded to state that if a woman is not obedient to the Lord in her marriage the husband will find it difficult, if not impossible, to function in his role. I
was taken aback by his directness and simplicity. I was encouraged enough to venture that this man might actually be one that understood something of God's order in the home. I stepped out... farther than I had ever done in public
conversation in this context. Agreeing with his statement, as if in passing, I said the word... "subject..." as I noted the wife's duty to her husband. The elder perceptively caught my use of the
word and promptly, gently, and firmly corrected me -- as he would tenderly correct any earnest babe in Christ that has miss-stated some precious truth: "No. God's Word never tells a wife to be subject
to her husband; He merely tells her to submit to him. There is a vast difference between submission and subjection." I had already connected with this dear brother heart to heart
in our brief encounter; I was looking into his eyes and he into mine. I could not easily avoid being direct and open with him. I responded in kind, with just a hint of emphasis, "It says, 'As the Church is subject
unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.'" Words are inadequate to describe what transpired as we looked into each other. It was as though he had never read those words before.
He did not appear to make any attempt to hide from the reality of this as it penetrated him, and he stood speechless. I continued gently, "This truth has been neglected to the great peril of our families, yet
few, if any, will speak to it today because it will cost so much to do so. Men and women are needed who will count the cost, stand in the gap, and restore this truth to the church."
He seemed touched, nodding quietly in agreement with every word. ------------- How is it, that a seasoned pastor of a conservative evangelical church, one who has apparently thought deeply about
marital truth, one who persuasively offers the most conservative public statement I had ever heard any other human being make concerning the centrality of the role of the wife... how can such an one entirely miss the very kernel
of the truth of which he spoke? How can such an earnest shepherd of the flock of God... not only miss the core of this truth, but how can he openly contradict it and deny it... the very
first principle of marriage presented in these texts he knows so well... and not even realize that he is doing so? How can even one saint possibly give their very life to minister to troubled
marriages... with a passion to be faithful to God in this day of domestic chaos... and miss this simple concept? Please help me understand... how whole generations of such ministers can do so?
Dear reader, isn't something wrong here? Regardless what we have been taught, if God has truly given husbands legitimate authority in marriage, then convenient neglect of that authority, and all rebellion against
that authority opens the door to satanic intrusion into the home, corrupting the very foundation of the family, the church, and of society as a whole. This is not a matter of opinion; this is a fact. We touch on no small thing...
we ponder here the very core of all social and domestic structure. If any truth needs to be spoken in gentleness, in humility and in love... it is this one. One must consider that it has really only been in the
wake of militant feminism that the balancing principle of husbands loving their wives as Christ loves the church has received adequate attention in the churches and literature, helping us to keep the family unit together somewhat
now that women have largely abandoned their role in the home. In such a place it does require deep humility, sensitivity and patience to present the whole truth appropriately. When we compare what the Bible says to what the churches say, even in the
brief overview provided at the outset, I trust you will agree with me that there is a vast difference between the two. It is therefore my purpose here to clearly and fully expose what the Bible says about the role of women in the
home, in the church and in the culture. It is my hope that this will be a blessing that will turn many in the churches from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God. As we explore together I ask you
to bear patiently with me and evaluate this presentation honestly. Please take a moment to step back and soberly ponder the Words of God... just as they are written. Look at the entire Word of God and the spirit in which it was
written... not isolated passages here and there. If you do not agree with my conclusions in some ways or others, then I ask you to pray and study until you can show me why... from the Word of God. If you cannot
disagree with me, then I ask you to agree with me: stand humbly, trembling with me in this place, live according to the truth yourself and teach others what you have found. And if I say this in a wrong way, or with a wrong spirit,
or with a wrong attitude, I am more than willing to refine the expression if you will just take the time to point this out to me. Is that too much to ask? For the love of God... Is it? We all know that it is
a godly thing for a man to cherish and nourish his wife as Christ loves and cherishes and nourishes His Church. A husband is, by very definition, a cultivator... and cultivating -- husbandry -- takes hard work. Every husband has a
tremendous responsibility in his marriage and family and his work is certainly cut out for him. There is no want of sound teaching on these subjects in our day. It is not my purpose to discuss these topics here.
What is before us to consider is an entirely different subject: the duty of a wife. What is her duty when her husband is godly? What is her duty when her husband does not follow the ideal? What should she do if her husband is quite
ungodly? Given a specific error in the husband, what does God require of the wife? This alone is the godly counsel and encouragement to her whenever a married woman approaches another for marital counsel. We
should, for completeness, certainly also look at the extremes of domestic sin through God's eyes, according to His Word, and understand the limits of what God calls a married woman to endure. We must establish when divorce is
appropriate, and we must explore and understand God's commands to the wife in all of the relevant conditions pertaining to these limits. This topic of divorce seems larger in scope than the purpose of this present work, and so is
addressed in a separate article, Applying God's Word in our
lives requires wisdom. The Bible must be taken in its entirety, and significant cultural differences between our present culture and that of biblical times must be taken into account. If we contemplate the harshness and
unreasonableness of wicked men, and meditate upon the injustices committed against women in patriarchal societies in order to justify departure from the standard of God and improve the lives of women, we will not redeem such men...
nor truly improve the lot of women. Departing from God's ways will only decimate the home and bring further ruin to the lives of all. God's commandments are not grievous and following them ourselves when others do not is not only
best for all in this life, it is eternally best for us as well. However, if we apply them blindly, without compassion and wisdom, we can also miss the mark quite painfully. We must humbly commit the keeping of our souls to God in
well doing, even in the face of wickedness, as unto a faithful Creator... One that knows what He is doing and loves us deeply. In any wicked and adulterous generation the culture strays from the truth. Bringing
those who come to faith from such a culture into complete alignment with the truth takes time and should generally be done by degrees, considering their frame. In our present context, western culture is extremely feministic: women
do not come to marriage with biblical expectations or orientation. Bridging the gap between cultural moorings and biblical health will often require significant changes deep within, in both men and women. Allowing for such a
transition rather than demanding immediate compliance is an art, not a science. Ultimately, deep dependence upon the Holy Spirit's guidance, and understanding the mercy of God, is an absolute necessity. Let us
consider biblical responses to the above scenarios, and begin with the wife of the miserly husband. Had this man abandoned his wife in such a way as to warrant her leaving the home? I say not. Was his insensitive domination of her
daily life grounds for her to rebel against him? Though he was apparently callous, unloving, and unreasonably dominant, violating God's command to joyfully love, nourish and cherish his wife, he had not violated his wife to the
point of justifying
divorce or rebellion. Though he was miserly, he had apparently also not been lavish with himself, providing for both himself and his wife mutually in a less-than-generous manner for some reason. The popular pastor's unwillingness to encourage this woman to repent of her treachery, his evident empathy with her defiance, and his toleration of her apparent intention to force money from her husband in divorce... is inappropriate, even though it does appeal to the pursuit of convenience so widely promoted today.
As I hope to show from further exposition of Scripture, the Lord's counsel is for such a woman to continue to submit to her husband's domination for Jesus' sake, and to seek God for grace to do so cheerfully, as
unto the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. She should have been encouraged to pray diligently for her husband that God would give him repentance to be hospitable and generous with God's provision for their family. This wife should have
won her husband to the truth with obedience, not with rebellion. In my opinion, this comforted wife likely has her only reward... and the pastor that enabled her likely has his. (Matt 6:2,5,16)
What of the brother who wished for his pastor to reprimand his wife for her evident lack of subjection to him? Was it inappropriate for him to take his concern to the church? Was he being base and selfish in this? If this were two
parents seeking help for a rebellious child, or a woman in an emotionally abusive marriage seeking relief, would we react differently? Are not pastors commanded to "warn them that are unruly?" (1 Thess 5:14) Is a man
wrong to be concerned that his wife is out of place in his home, that she is being a poor example to his young children and teaching them badly through a life of rebellion? What was the approach of the great Husband, the Lord Jesus
Christ, to His bride when she strayed from her devotion to Him? Did He not say to five of His seven churches, "Repent?" (Rev 2:5, 16, 22, 3:3, 19) Why is it that most modern shepherds are unwilling to say this to a cold,
stubborn wife? Again, reconsidering the woman whose husband wanted her to work outside the home so that he could change jobs, as I trust to show you from the Word in exposition following, the proper counsel for
this troubled young wife was to do exactly as her husband wanted her to do. She should have been told to begin looking for work immediately with all meekness and quietness, perhaps focusing on work that she could do from within the
home if that was acceptable to her husband, and if not, to begin earnest prayer for her husband that God would intervene and reveal to him the value of her being at home with their children. She should have been
asked if she had in any way usurped control of the family finances, or of how their children were currently being raised, and exhorted to repent before God and her husband from any domination in the home and to yield back all
control of the family that she had wrested from her husband. She should have been encouraged to meekly ask her husband's forgiveness for any defiance of his leadership in any matter of their lives together in which he felt
constrained or manipulated by her in any way whatsoever. This woman should have been asked if her husband's approval had been obtained for her to call the counselor for advice. If not, she should been gently
admonished for going above her husband's authority and position in the home and exposing him publicly in such a manner. She should have been encouraged to take any further questions that she might have had about the proper use of
their finances and the care of their children – or any other subject of concern to her husband -- primarily to her husband. She should have been instructed to go beyond her husband in seeking advice and wisdom only as it pleased
him for her to do so, keep him informed of whatever she found, and ultimately defer to his judgment in all things in their home that were not blatantly dangerous, immoral or sinful. She should have been exhorted to
seek her heavenly Father for ideas and wisdom to live much more frugally and to faithfully encourage her husband that she would be willing to live well within their reduced income should he change his mind about her working. She
should have been encouraged to strive to remove any question in her husband's mind that she would not be happy and content with the lower standard of living, having need for only proper nourishment and clothing to keep heathy, warm
and modest. All that said, she should finally have been told, "As you do this, look earnestly for work according to your husband's desire and leave the entire matter in the hands of God… speak no further to
your husband about this at all unless he himself initiates the conversation." Astonishingly perhaps, it is also true that if in any manner a woman in one of our stories had been deeply averse to following the
way of God, had it actually been revealed to her, she should have been soberly counseled to examine herself whether she be in the faith or not... to seek the face of God and verify if she indeed possessed a genuine experience of
salvation. (2 Cor 13:5) This matter of subjection is so fundamental in God's call to obedience in a woman that any woman who refuses to walk therein as a manner of life evidences a lack of being And how often do you suppose that such advice as I propose is actually given? How often are women encouraged
to be subject to their husbands in a truly biblical manner? How often are they rebuked, admonished or disciplined by our churches for their refusal to do so? I do not think it is very often. Do you? And how
is the advice given by the church consistent with the Word of God, which instructs a wife to be in subjection to her husband, to fear him, and to submit herself unto him as unto Jesus Christ?
How is the advice I propose contrary to any biblical instruction given to a wife? Even though it be deemed by many an unpleasant subject, isn't this an extremely relevant and practical topic to consider? Granted:
no husband is worthy of such a thing as we propose. Yet, wouldn't it completely renew the rotten fabric of our families, churches and culture if women calling themselves Christians were also willing to obey God? As
the professing church largely ignored widespread injustice toward women for so very long, so now the pendulum swings to the other extreme. Neither extreme is a good place to rest. Finding wholesomeness by walking in all of God's
revelation rather than cowing to cultural prejudice is where true happiness and joy will lie for all. I do admit this is challenging. Please do bear patiently with me for the Lord's sake. |
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