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This is a lovely article, and so true.  Consider one question, though:  Given that Paul's words in Eph. 5:21 &amp; following were spoken originally to men who were already in authority in their homes by the law of the land, and given that Paul never once told men to "lead" their wives, but rather to act as Christ did when He laid down His high position in order to raise the church up to be glorious-- what if the Holy Spirit, through Paul, were actually leading Christians AWAY from "because he is the man, that makes him the leader" as a paradigm?  What if the Holy Spirit were leading those first-century marriages towards a Kingdom mentality that "there is not male and female, for you are all one in Christ" according to Gal 3:28?  In that case, if we continue to follow the leading of the Spirit, then both the husband and the wife can be co-spiritual leaders of their homes, leading the family side by side, each in  his or her own area of strength-- in mutual submission according to Eph. 5:21.  I'd urge you and your husband to give this serious consideration-- that the Kingdom of God is not about someone always getting to be the leader just because he's male.  My husband and I are trying it, and it works!