Jeffrey sat stunned. He couldn't believe his wife didn't even ask him before making the big decision to get a dog. He stared at the kids playing with the puppy in disbelief. The heat of anger and disrespect bubbled up within him. "You okay?" Suzanna asked. "No. But I'm not going to talk about it now." He left the room. How we choose to interact with our mate determines the course of the relationship. We focus a lot on how submission applies to women, but we forget the husband is supposed to be submitting to God, Who tells him to lay down his life for his wife.

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