Piper on submission:

"Submission is a divine calling of the wife to honor, affirm, and nurture her husband's leadership and to help carry it through according to her gifts."

A few things from my counseling notes from last night:

Submission is God's way (perfect, all wise, all loving) of attaining and maintaining function and order in the home. (see Ephesians 5:21ff)
(Don't usurp each others' roles. Everyone in the home suffers when we are outside of our God-given roles!)

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ- put others first! Learn to give preference to others. (from Ephesians 5:21)

As a wife, lovingly do all things! (Proverbs 31:26)
(Lovingly parent your children, lovingly encourage and admonish your husband, lovingly serve others inside and outside of your home.)