A friend told me she knows a young mother who works because she, "...needs adult conversation." She said she's "...a better mother when she can interact with adults in the workplace." Wow! My first thought is perhaps her young children need adult conversation from their mother. I don't mean to "sound" judgmental. I just think that somewhere along the line the message of the importance of a mother's job has been lost. It's been lost in the passing of one generation to the next. Who has the baton? Do I? Perhaps.
It can be hard to stand on the soap box of womanhood and ask, "Mother! Who is holding your baby?" "Wife, who is caring for your home?" "Young lady, are you preparing yourself to become a bride?" Sadly, nowadays, those are not welcomed questions. Maybe I need to pull my soap box out of the closet and quietly stand. Then after standing, gently encourage. Have I been doing that already? What is the next step? Adding my opinion into the pot and hope it gets mixed around enough to matter? Perhaps. I know I need to make sure my own daughters know the importance of being a Keeper of the Home. The world fights against the message.
I will fight back.
Women...Love your husband and children. Love your home. Take care of your home. Honor God with your lives.
Titus 2:3-5 :)
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
Generation Gap
From my perspective, I was born in an odd generation. It's not necessary to tell which generation. BUT, I was born during the Revolution. No, not George Washington's time, I'm not THAT old, but during a time when women were supposedly breaking "free",once and for all, from the monotony of life within their homes. Since I was just born during that time I was really too young to be exposed to an overwhelming amount of information from the feminist movement.
Side bar: I was raise by a mother who was a war baby, who was raised by a mother who was born just before the Depression. My father was born during the Depression. Any idea yet of the decade I was born?
My influence of thinking as to "Women can be anything they want and escape the drudgery of home" didn't occur until I was around fifteen or so. Until then, I never thought much about the roles of women. I do believe, however, that up until the age of fifteen I was influenced by society's view of women as society's view began to be shaped more and more by what the "Hollywooders" dished out.
A few ideas with which I was thoroughly saturated, but didn't realize until I started putting "it" all together, were: Women have to be beautiful to have worth, women are objects to be used and then tossed aside, women are important if they have a career in the office, women are probably better than men.
Another side bar: Something I distinctly remember thinking as a child is, bank teller ladies are snobs. :) I don't write this to be ugly toward bank tellers , but I think during my growing up years, at least where I lived, having the job of bank teller must have been an important one for women.
I don't know that I have a point for this post, except to say, my ideas and thoughts about the roles of women have been wide and varied...that is, until I realized that God's Word clearly teaches that a woman's place is in the Home. I've heard many, many reasons as to why the Lord has "blessed my job" (meaning working outside the home), but in my opinion, that "blessing" is a contradiction to God's Word. AND, once I realized the Truth my opinion hasn't changed.
I suppose an exception would be when a man abandons his family and the woman has to feed her children by working outside the home. I truly feel for these women. I have a dear friend who is in this situation. I don't consider her a "working woman", but a mother trying to survive and take care of her children.
I believe our role as women is clearly defined in God's Word. He knows best. Why we women sometimes cheat ourselves out of this true blessing is a puzzle.
"...to be busy at home..." Titus 2:5
Side bar: I was raise by a mother who was a war baby, who was raised by a mother who was born just before the Depression. My father was born during the Depression. Any idea yet of the decade I was born?
My influence of thinking as to "Women can be anything they want and escape the drudgery of home" didn't occur until I was around fifteen or so. Until then, I never thought much about the roles of women. I do believe, however, that up until the age of fifteen I was influenced by society's view of women as society's view began to be shaped more and more by what the "Hollywooders" dished out.
A few ideas with which I was thoroughly saturated, but didn't realize until I started putting "it" all together, were: Women have to be beautiful to have worth, women are objects to be used and then tossed aside, women are important if they have a career in the office, women are probably better than men.
Another side bar: Something I distinctly remember thinking as a child is, bank teller ladies are snobs. :) I don't write this to be ugly toward bank tellers , but I think during my growing up years, at least where I lived, having the job of bank teller must have been an important one for women.
I don't know that I have a point for this post, except to say, my ideas and thoughts about the roles of women have been wide and varied...that is, until I realized that God's Word clearly teaches that a woman's place is in the Home. I've heard many, many reasons as to why the Lord has "blessed my job" (meaning working outside the home), but in my opinion, that "blessing" is a contradiction to God's Word. AND, once I realized the Truth my opinion hasn't changed.
I suppose an exception would be when a man abandons his family and the woman has to feed her children by working outside the home. I truly feel for these women. I have a dear friend who is in this situation. I don't consider her a "working woman", but a mother trying to survive and take care of her children.
I believe our role as women is clearly defined in God's Word. He knows best. Why we women sometimes cheat ourselves out of this true blessing is a puzzle.
"...to be busy at home..." Titus 2:5
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