Reverence.....what is it?

What a good question....how do we kill someone with kindness when we are exhausted, distracted etc? And what a good suggestion that we tell the Lord how we are feeling and count on Him to give us the energy to do what is needed or to do what is right.

Now on a slightly different note:

It was purity and reverence that Peter was talking about in I Peter 3:1-2, that will win an unsaved man over. Perhaps we need to look at our lives and ask: Am I living in purity? If not, what needs to be changed? Am I willing to change in order to gain my husband's salvation?

And then ask ourselves: Do I display reverence for the Lord? If not, why not? What might need to be changed in my life? Is my disrespect for the Lord causing my husband to reject salvation?

If we reverence the Lord, it will be easier to reverence our husbands, saved or unsaved. Perhaps you are asking, "What is reverence." It means to honor or respect. We show the Lord honor by reading His Word, by praying, by worshipping Him and respect by trusting His Word, by obeying His Word, and willingly applying it to our lives......even if we are tired.

The Lord honors obedience to His Word.

What thoughts do you have on this subject?

Happy New Year Ladies.....amazing that it's 2009. I remember as a child thinking the world would blow up in 2000....then as I grew a little I thought the Lord would surely come by 2000.....It seems that He is pleased to keep us here so we press on for Him.

One of you lovely ladies asked about women submitting to men they were married to that aren't believers.....I've been thinking and praying about that. It's hard to respond to something you haven't experienced. But, I must quickly add that I was tempted to marry a non-believer once and it was only by the Lord's mercy that I escaped that fate and I'm thankful that He interceded for me and that I took the way of escape that He provided. I could have kept on with the plans.

What do women do that are married to a non- believer, should they submit? Recently I was attending a luncheon where most of the women were older than myself and this very subject came up in the conversation, so I was eager to hear what these "older woman" had to say on the subject. The advice to the woman who was asking was: Kill your husband.....with kindness!
I Peter 3:1-2 says basically this.
"Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands, so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the hehavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives."
I can only begin to imagine that this would be difficult but not impossible....since we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, we have power beyond our own to help us.

Any thoughts on this subject from the rest of you?