Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Women Who Left Their Kitchens


The feminists are all fired up with John Kasichs’ comment; "I didn't have anybody for me. We just got an army of people, and many women who left their kitchens to go out and to go door to door to put up yard signs for me." Oh, this is just terrible. "He thinks women are in the kitchen!" One women told him she would vote for him but she wouldn’t come out of the kitchen, so there.

Do you all see how preposterous this is, women? The exact place that God calls women to be, in the home, is now offensive to many women. Few women are in the kitchen anymore. Few even know how to cook. Even fewer know how to cook nourishing food. Many will say they don’t like to cook, so they don’t. They feed their family microwaved food and fast food junk instead, as the children become overweight, out-of-shape, and lonely.

Even the pundits were saying how retro this comment was of Kasich; it even made headline news. This is another example how far women have come and now even disdain their God ordained role. Women, being in the kitchen is a GREAT thing! It means you are in it and at home. It means you are fixing food for your families. It means you care about the health and welfare of your children and husband. It’s right where you are supposed to be! There is nothing more important for you to be doing daily as a woman than nourishing your family's bodies besides teaching your children the Word of God. 

I remember watching an interview with a famous man and woman who both worked full-time. The man at one time during the interview blurted out, "I would love to come home from a long day at work and have a home-cooked meal ready for me and my clothes cleaned." Feminists probably mocked him for even saying this. "He's a big boy. He should get his own food and clean his own clothes." No, if you are a godly woman, you were created to be your husband's help meet in all of these areas. You are the one created to fix him food and clean his clothes. 

Find out the food he wants to eat and prepare it for him. The majority of men alive today would LOVE a wife who fixed them delicious food. All children would love to have a mother who did this willingly for them. Unfortunately for feminist, men haven't been able to accept the feminist's life hook, line and sinker because God created men to need a help meet, even in a feminist culture. This hasn't changed for them one bit.

Men and children have been cheated. They've been cheated of having a wife and mother who loves them enough to be in the kitchen often preparing good food for them. Nourishing their bodies is important in many ways since they all eat at least three times a day. Don't take this job lightly, women, or listen to the lies of our culture. You belong "barefoot and pregnant" in the kitchen! This is all I ever wanted in life and if you are a younger, godly woman, you should as well. While you are in the kitchen, do it heartily as to the Lord. Be thankful for all the food the Lord has blessed you with, the kitchen to be able to fix food in, and for a husband that provides you the money to buy and fix food. Then on voting day, happily leave your kitchen to go vote for Rubio or Cruz who clearly proclaim Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Proverbs 31:14, 15

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Lady Virtue · 474 weeks ago

Excellent post! And try as they might, feminism cannot change the nature that God gave to women or men when He created them. There is a holy peace that eludes those who rebel against God and His will. I count it a joy to prepare a nourishing, hearty meal for my husband and to keep the home cozy, clean, and comfortable for him. This is just part of what a wife is supposed to do; it's her reasonable service as unto the Lord.
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Megyn Kelly was interviewing John Kasic on her show last nght and asked him about the "comment". Then she joked that her husband wouldn't want her in the kitchen, implying she doesn't know how to cook or is a bad one. Once my daughter had some new friends over after they had performed in a musical together. The girls were hungry for pancakes and I naturally put on my apron and made them some. These girls had apparently never seen this before and both exclaimed about me not only wearing an apron but fixing pancakes -from scratch! One also commented" my mother has never made me breakfast". I will never forget that. It was totally foreign to them. Thank you , Lori, for encouraging us every day in our true calling!
1 reply · active 474 weeks ago
The kitchen is one of my favorite places to be! I love to cook and always have so it just comes naturally, housekeeping is one thing I have too work a little more at. I'm good at making messes but have really had to gain self- discipline with cleaning them up :) I have a pretty clean home most of the time now and am learning to really enjoy keeping it that way! My husband actually taught me how to clean really thoroughly, thank God for him!!
1 reply · active 474 weeks ago
Your post is so true! This is exactly the feedback I get from my husband daily! In fact, he sent me a text this morning thanking me again for the meal I prepared for him last night. He loves for me to cook delicious, nurishing food for him. When he prays before we eat, he often thanks God for giving me the ability to turn simple food into culinary delights. He feels loved and respected for the work that he does to provide our for our family, which fuels me to keep seeking to serve our family through the ministry of the kitchen. I had the opportunity to share with a newly married wife that there is truth in the saying that the quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach. The reaction of the wife's surprise was both amusing and sad...she thought I was kidding.
4 replies · active 474 weeks ago
Amen Lori! Nothing makes me happier than being barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen! My husband constantly thanks me for cooking good food for our family. The men in his office express to him how they wish that their wives would cook. It's sad how many women don't cook these days.
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Thanks for the great article! This picture makes it so cozy to be at home, cooking. I found though, I was putting more into cleaning than cooking. I decided to change my schedule around to cook first than clean later in the day. I didn't allow enough time to cook! Now I am enjoying it more, because I don't feel pushed. I am not stressing for the evening meal anymore. Than I can clean and know my meal is already to go. It is amazing after so many years I didn't change this before.
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Don't forget to include Ben Carson in the list of candidates who clearly proclaim Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior! The media is always short changing him and even Cruz's campaign (not Cruz) spread rumors in the Iowa debate that he was dropping out. Cruz apologized but didn't do anything about it. But this blog is true, taking good care of a family has gotten to be considered a trivial thing.
7 replies · active 474 weeks ago
As always, spot on. I couldn't agree more.
1 reply · active 474 weeks ago
As a family that eats few processed foods I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Some days it gets wearisome, but mostly I am just so thankful for the strength God has given me for my tasks! I appreciate your posts so much as it is such an encouragement to me!
1 reply · active 474 weeks ago
I love being at home and especially in my kitchen. Some of my happiest times are when I can be in the kitchen, singing along with my favorite music and cooking or baking something delicious for my husband or extended family. I can't imagine giving that up for anything.
1 reply · active 474 weeks ago
Love this post! I love cooking for my growing family... It always makes home feel a little cozier! :)
1 reply · active 474 weeks ago
I may work but we always have home cooked meals made from scratch. It's not hard at all, people are lazy and can't be bother these days to put the effort in. Slow cookers are great for busy women and the meals are delicious . I don't just cook for my husband, I cook because I prefer fresh foods myself.
3 replies · active 474 weeks ago
Also, on a funnier note apparently there are now two of us posting under the name Mrs. M around here, I noticed a comment the other day from another Mrs. M. Just thought I would point it out in case anyone was confused.
3 replies · active 474 weeks ago
I didn't see what all the fuss was about either. I've always thought of our kitchen as the heart of the home. I enjoy cooking and learning how to make things healthy and delicious, and it's fulfilling to me to see my family enjoying meals together that I prepared. It's fulfilling to see my husband smile and thank me for the meal. No, he doesn't thank me every time, but I know he appreciates it. I don't thank him for every single nice thing he does for us either.

Some of our best family memories are made in the kitchen... Deep, meaningful conversations with my husbands, baking Christmas treats with my daughter, enjoying many meals together, teaching things to my daughter and making crafts together, showing hospitality to others, etc. Our front door also comes into our kitchen, so it's where I greet my husband when he comes in. I spend a big chunk of my day in there! I would much rather be in my kitchen serving my family than working outside the home. I consider myself and other homemakers very blessed! Being home and serving our families is the best place for women to be.
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At school, all I ever wanted to do was get married and have kids, and be at home raising them. Even my sister's friends knew this. Now that I'm doing it, it's actually really, really hard! I love these encouraging posts, reminding me that I am doing the right thing, and the effort is worth it.
It was much easier when I was working, as the household reponsibilities fell more equally between my husband and myself, but this is so much more rewarding.
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Years ago when I did daycare I had a brother and sister come into my care. Up until me they had spent time living in a car and a homeless shelter and when they did have a home their mom cooked from a microwave out of boxes. The boy especially appreciated my cooking and was not afraid to shout it from the mountain tops:) I know his mom was offended but thankfully she didn't seek out other daycare as these kids desperately needed what my husband and I offered them. And it did go way beyond home cooking!! My husband walked the girl down the isle a couple years ago:) But my point is...kids may act like they love McD's and chicken nuggets...but given a choice they will choose a home cooked meal!
1 reply · active 474 weeks ago
Preach it! :)
Cooking has never been one of my favorite things to do, but I do it. Cooking a delicious meal takes a lot of time and preparation. Often I feel like I am in the kitchen for the majority of my day. Would I rather be reading, sewing or taking a bath? Of course I would :-) But there is no way that I would ever shirk my dinner responsibilities to have my husband come home to a quick meal or my children to load up on processed garbage.

I guess the pay off is when my husband raves about my cooking (he even raves about it to other people), or when my children excitedly ask what's for dinner, or like yesterday...when my son pulled up a chair and just started chatting with me as I was cooking. I have a special needs daughter and there is nothing that she loves more than helping me cook in the kitchen. We even make it part of her homeschool curriculum.

I'm sorry, but considering that a true, delicious meal can take up to several hours to make, I don't see how a working mom can come home at 5 or 6 and start on a big meal for her family. Sure, there are some good crock pot meals, but those are few and far between in my experience, and you would still have to do all of the prep for that the night before or on the weekend, which is the time that you would be cleaning up, helping with homework or enjoying your family. Leftovers or a simple meal is necessary on occasion and we do that to, but if you are working 5 days a week and are away from your home more than you are in your home, I find it hard to believe that you provide your family with wonderful meals.
I'm not the best of cooks, do not like to cook, but I try because I love my family. We have so many food allergies to deal with, that I've pretty much had to change our diet to a whole food based one. It is much better for us health wise, but I did not learn to cook this way and the meals I learned growing up we can not eat. Plus, I have some VERY picky eaters. Sometimes I just look at the food in the fridge and want to pull my hair out. I know before I make any meal that at least one person is going to complain and ask me not to make it again. It is very frustrating and makes me less inclined to cook at all.
Hello Lori,

You know that verse in Proverbs where "her children rise up and called her blessed"? Look how many of the lades have written about the appreciation they receive from their children. Little ones are so frank and open by nature, that the heartfelt praise is sweet to hear -- there's no side to it.

I have two precious memories to share: One was about a friend, who plonked herself down on the wooden stool by my stove and said, "i love your kitchen; it always smells of something nice!" My friends love to hang out there. I joke that my kitchen has to be nice, 'cos i spend so much time in it. "Twenty-one meals a week! (Not that I'm counting ..."

The other memory is from a summer afternoon a few years ago. Our home is a Victorian terraced house, and we have one with a little alley down the side, created to allow for the delivery of coal. There was a knock at the door, and two of the children from down our street were on the doorstep. "Have you got some biscuits [cookies]?" they asked.

"Well yes, would you like some?"

"Yes, please, and can we have a drink, too?"

"Yes, of course. You knocked at just the right time -- I've just taken some out of the oven. How did you know that I even had biscuits to give you?"

"The smell came down the alley!"
Hi. I must tell you that I loved this. I am a woman who was groomed to be a "high-achieving," permanently single woman, but God turned that all around for me. I had an unplanned pregnancy after graduating early from college (20.) I had the baby and committed my life to the stranger with whom I had conceived her, and have been married to him ever since. The baby will be 18 in May, and will be completing her sophomore year at our local Christian college.
I have been in the kitchen for all that time, much to everyone-who-knows-me's surprise (homeschooling too!), and I thank God for it.
Also, your essay on your growing up in a filthy home and then giving to your father and taking charge of cleaning it for him, which I read last week, touched me profoundly.
I was, unfortunately, disappointed in your support of Rubio and Cruz. I feel that is a narrow view of Christ. If a man/candidate need only SAY he Believes in order for everyone else to believe that to be true, then there isn't much to Faith! I have found their behavior in this campaign and previously to not be Godly. By Godly, I do NOT mean perfect. Truthfulness is paramount, and they are both lacking.
Trump has been truthful to a fault, and he has also professed his love for Christ, incidentally. Furthermore, he completely abstains from alcohol, as I do, and shares his opposition to alcohol and other drugs to the world.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Our children's futures depend on the ability for good people to gather together and exchange these most important ideas.
God bless you.
1 reply · active 474 weeks ago
Here's a video with some of the most obvious lies Trump has told lately. https://www.facebook.com/DailyWire/videos/1526322...
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GirlinBrooklyn · 451 weeks ago

This blog has transformed my life and marriage -Along with baking my own bread, which started as a simple practice but reminded me to do complex things with patience and love and faith and simplicity. That message then spread to mending our clothes and even sewing some modest clothes from scratch for my daughter and i.

Your blog inspired me to take the unpopular road and care for my husband first and foremost, and allowed me to then live first in his heart. Also, to prioritize our daughter and be home for her as much as possible.

Thank you so much. Long live women in their kitchens.

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