Christians: How do you define obedient in this sentence?

A friend of mine just wrote a paragraph on his facebook status, and I just wonder if he has any idea how some people will take what he wrote? It started like this: Thank You Lord for the abundant blessings you have provided for us. Thank you for blessing me with an obedient & wonderful wife…”

Obedient wife? Is that synonomous with submissive? I have never heard obedient used this way.

Do you think it is a bad idea to use Christian lingo in “mixed” company and risk being misunderstood.

Note: please no Christian bashing on my Q, I genuinely wanto know what this means to Christians when they hear it, and what they think about using it in a forum or among people who will take it the wrong way.