Barbara,
Thank you so much for reading my blog. I have no idea how you came across it as only a handful of people read each time I post. I don't know if you have read any of my other posts but if you haven't, I started with the first or second post saying, this blog is entirely intended for my personal study and if others happen to stumble upon it, that's awesome but it is not in any way intended to preach, lecture, or say my opinion is the only way. It literally is a place for me to study and write. I would like to give you a bit of a background on many of the readers (that I know about :) Many of them are home school mom's who stay at home and may or may not have a business on the side. I can not speak to the working women of society of today because I am not one of them but what I can do is encourage the circle of people I know by writing about how God has worked in our lives.
So, to the other readers; I want you all to know that I wouldn't write about something that I am not passionate about. I absolutely love staying home all day long with my kids. I love spending time in my kitchen preparing delicious meals :) If you are not a stay at home mom and feel threatened by the content here, I would encourage you to find a woman in your life or a blog or something that you can pull encouragement from. This blog is only intended to uphold you as a woman and not tear you down. If you feel you are not encouraged by this blog, I really do want you to find something you will be encouraged by. Many of you have told me that you take encouragement from what I am writing about through my study in scripture and I thank God for that. I know God works in so many different ways so if I can touch only mom's who stay at home, great! and God has blessed someone else to reach out to those who are working mom's and wives and that's so great too. I love 1 Corinthians 12! It talks about different parts of the body but that we are all the same body. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
Thank you to the working mom who can minister to the working mom. Thank you to the ex drug addict that can minister to the drug addict, thank you to the women living in poverty that can encourage those also living in poverty. I hope you see what I mean. I don't have all the answers but God has revealed His living Word to me as a wife and mom at home.
The last thing I want to touch on briefly is I can't wait to get to the last verse in this passage. I'm sure it will take me forever to get there but this verse is what I strive for as a wife. It is always on my mind. "Her works are praised at the city gates." It's talking about how honored she is by her husband. He is so proud of her. He adores her. This isn't about being old fashioned and chauvinistic. It is all about how much my husband loves me and sharing what I know to make that happened. I want to show other women that this is possible. 1 year ago, I wrote my husband a letter saying "I want to be called your queen. I want you to be able to call me your queen. I want to be like Esther and you have so much confidence in the things I may say, that you can trust every word I say to you". That was not true then. It broke my heart that I was not his queen and for good reason too. I was not living as I should have been as a wife. More and more, each day, I become more his queen. I still and always will have work to do but my goal is to please and honor the Lord in my role as a wife and mother. And by doing so, I will be praised at the city gates :) I love my husband dearly. I can't imagine life without this man God has given me and I want to do everything I can to make him happy. He does the same for me. It is not a one way street.
Thanks for reading guys . I am so happy if you get something good out of this. Truly I am. I love sharing with you.
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