The problem with working mothers is they usually can't fully focus on anything; not their job, their family, and not their home. Some women have come home, yet they are still overwhelmed. Did you know that before 1975, most families only had one car, therefore, mothers were forced to be at home! Unfortunately, now that most mothers have their own cars, they are once again out of the home most of the day. It's time to step out of this hectic lifestyle and come home.
From reading Scripture, it is obvious that a woman of God should be busy at home and caring for her family, no matter how badly many want to interpret the Bible differently. God has hard-wired women to require a mostly home-centered life so we can become the meek and quiet women that the Bible speaks about. The enemy of our soul knows this and has done everything in his power to keep women out of their homes.
When you decide to leave the workplace and come home full-time, you are stepping into the front lines of a vicious spiritual battle. Our enemy does not want us to be more rested, peaceful, content and quiet raising godly offspring for the Lord Jesus Christ. He knows that spending our days in our homes, joyfully immersed in the unhurried business of gardening, cooking, baking from scratch, crafting, teaching our children and many other things, will have numerous benefits for women and their families.
We'll have more time to be in God's Word and prayer. Our families will eat healthier from our home-cooked meals. We'll save money on gas, fast food, new clothes, and everything else that comes from having a career. Our homes will be cleaner. We'll be more rested and ready to be intimate with our husbands. We will be available for those in need; the sick, the hurting, our grandchildren, etc. Our children will be better disciplined, better rested, happier and more relaxed.
The yearning to have the old-fashioned lives our grandmothers lived is just an inward call for hearth and home that is built into a woman's soul to live the way the Lord created us to live. Too many women are looking for peace in a bottle, buying more and more stuff, being in a 'perfect' career, in some type of ministry or being constantly busy.
This is a spiritual battle, dear mothers. Fight it God's way; at home serving and loving on your precious families. This is glorifying to God and frightful to the enemy!
She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
Proverbs 31:27
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Sara · 527 weeks ago
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Kristen · 527 weeks ago
home mom with you kids, but finances never allowed it." I have seen what having a mom out in the work force. She would come home every night grouchy because the dishes were not done or dinner was not made. Anything that could be nagged about, was. My parents' marriage has suffered greatly over the years. I pray for their marriage daily because I am scared what will happen when it comes time for my brother to go to college. Then, they will have an empty nest. I do not want this in my marriage-the unhappiness. I am dating a Godly man. It has been a lifechanger. However, in the area of being a housewife and stay at home mother, he's not too convinced on. I'm pretty lost as to what to do because I am practicing different areas of submission and having a hard time not fighting him on the topic. What do you think I should do?
strljmnz 30p · 527 weeks ago
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Ksdee · 527 weeks ago
Too many working mothers feel guilty leaving their kids to go to a job. Too many feel frazzled and pulled between a barrage of responsibilities - serving their homes while also serving at a job. But, it helps them to put food on their tables and maybe save for college...because the facts is, too many men can't do it all economically. Every generation wants to give their family a better life, and it unfortunately doesn't take much to unravel the fabric of society. Stock markets crash, companies go broke, unemployment runs out and men can't find jobs, people lose homes, etc etc
A family who can swing it with the mother staying home enjoys true riches, yes indeed. It is simply not a choice for so many and these women must be supported in faith and not be categorized as working for selfish reasons.
The internet has opened up a wonderful world of resources in which every woman who chooses, can find Christian resources. To help her weary spirit be refreshed by the Word. To grow in her faith. To celebrate a oneness with the Spirit.
Society has created many conveniences and I think that it is important to continue to educate on the values of making time to cook healthy like Granda may have, when the food supply was simply healthier. Many mom's (working or at home), gravitate to convenience food - that can be easily seen by observing at a grocery store.
But yes, it is a great post indeed!
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Maria · 526 weeks ago
And by the way, one thing that keeps puzzling me in these discussions is the constant reference to how without two cars women are forced to stay at home. Maybe this is a cultural thing, as I live in another country in Europe, but we have never had more than one car even when I worked outside the home full time. Even now with the baby I walk and use public transport all the time if I need to go somewhere. I really enjoy the long walks with a stroller we take almost on a daily basis when my husband is at work. But like I said, maybe this is a cultural thing.
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