As promised.

Perhaps the most difficult question for me to answer is what I want to do after graduation. Usually, this question comes is formed as "What do you want to do with your degree?" which I find next to impossible to answer for a couple of reasons. First of all, I don't really know. I mean, I have a general idea of what I would like to do, but nothing specific.

More than that, what I really want to say is "It's not important to me." Most people can't seem to understand why, even after I explain. Sure I would like to work at a rehabilitation center, or wildlife refuge, or somewhere I can share my love of nature with others...but I know my focus in life isn't going to be on a career. My focus is on being a wife. Yes, "is," as in present. Let me clarify: I am not married, and am not seeking a husband (God'll take care of that in His own time). The way I see it is, until I marry, God is my husband. (How I learned this has a lot to do with Hosea 2 and me finally waking up to who God really is.)

Genesis 2:18 says:
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for man to be alone; I will make
him a helper suitable for him."
I love that the first description of woman is as a helper. This is exactly what I want to be, God has given me a heart for service. My greatest joy in ministry is when I am working with all the behind the scenes stuff, when I am providing something to bless others.

I've mentioned Proverbs 31 before. I believe it to be the best example of what a woman's role is in marriage. I especially like verse 23. It may seem odd for the verse to be in the middle of this passage, but her husband would not be where he is if it were not for all that she is. I know that every aspect of my character, everything that God is working in me is so that I may better serve Him and so that I may be the woman that my husband needs me to be.

A wife is supposed to be the support of her husband. Her husband should be able to trust her in all things (Proverbs 31:11). Life is spiritual warfare and you don't want to go into battle without fully trusting the person fighting alongside you.

Proverbs 12:4 says:
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who shames him
is as rottenness in his bones.
A wife should be an asset to her husband: encouraging him (Proverbs 32:26) and working alongside him. My husband should be better able to serve God because of me, not in spiteof me. As I said, until I meet my husband, Christ is filling that role. I therefore strive to be an asset to Christ. I serve Christ. When I marry, I will still serve Christ and one means of serving Christ will be to serve my husband.

What, then, is the husband's role? Well, I haven't spent as much time on that part. I do believe the wife is to submit to her husband in all things.
Ephesians 5:23-24:
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of
the church, He Himself being Savior of the body.
But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to
their husbands in everything.
Husbands are to be the spiritual leader in the relationship. A husband should be an example for his wife, he should encourage her in her own walk with Christ. (Now, if the husband isn't following Christ himself, he can hardly be expected to lead his wife in righteousness, but she should still be subject to her husband. See 1 Peter 3:1-2).

So there you have it. I feel I could have said more. I probably should have elaborated more on certain parts...This just leaves room for potential sequels. We'll see.