It’s been 40 years since I left the workforce to come home full time. While I was growing up, the workforce never appealed to me but everyone told me that it was where I belonged, so I went. I didn’t like it at all. I was a waitress in the summer then a school teacher during the school year. I was continually exhausted. Before marriage, I struggled with my weight and overeating. Once married, I no longer did. It seems…
Written By Nancy Campbell I often hear mothers say, “I wish that this [being a stay-at-home mom] was the case for me, but we can’t afford for me to stay home.” Why are these words such a common reply? I think it is because we feel we must take things into our own hands to make it work. We don’t think that God is able! That’s the bottom line. That’s rather challenging, isn’t it? Especially when we read the words…
Don’t be ruled by your moods. Let Truth control you instead. Take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. Smile often and decide to choose joy and contentment instead of complaining and being negative. Work hard in your home to make it a place of order and beauty rather than chaos and clutter. Submit to and love your husband. Your children are watching you. Stop arguing with him. Respect him instead. Invest into your children. Let them know they…
A woman just wrote this on my blog: “I’ve worked as a nurse our entire marriage of nearly 18 years. I’ve hated every minute of it and see so much destruction to our family because of my working. The nursing career field is extremely toxic and as a Christian, I resented ‘taking care of other people’ and spending countless hours toward a sick hospital organization, when I had my own family I longed to take care of. I longed to…
This was written by Bethsaida Hernandez Figueroa as a comment from the above post on Facebook. I am a mom of 12 children, and we live on my husband’s income. We receive no government intervention whatsoever. These are the things that work for us: 1. Trusting in God 2. Giving to God first 3. Using Proverbs 31 as a manual for myself, and teaching it to my 6 daughters. 4. I homeschool my children so they get quality, loving education…
This is from a sermon preached by Gabriel Hughes on biblical womanhood. Now, my friends it may not look like I belong there, but I have actually attended many women’s conferences. My wife has been to several of these women’s conferences, and I can tell you from experience that what we’re reading here in Titus 2 verses 3 through 5 to older women and younger women, this is seldom taught in any of these women’s conferences. They might talk about…
This is from Ellicot’s Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:12: “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. The whole purpose of these weighty admonitions of the great founder of the Gentile Churches relegates Christian women to their own legitimate sphere of action and influence–the quiet of their own homes. St. Paul caught well the spirit of his Master here. He raised once and for ever the women of…
A woman shared this privately with me on Instagram last week. I asked her if I could share it because it’s so powerful. She said, “Yes!” Here it is: “I am a divorced 30 year old woman. I was a terrible wife, and my husband was physically abusive but I was also emotionally abusive to him. We both did wrong, and I regret the divorce. I moved in with my 90 year old grandma after our separation, and I continue…
Written By Suzanne Venker Gone are the days when children are home with their mothers, when morning meant moving slowly, when kids played outside in their neighborhoods and were called inside at dusk, when TV viewing was limited, when bedtime was early, and when obesity and mental health issues were rare. That childhood was replaced with daycare, after-school care, fast food, unlimited screen time, latchkey kids, countless extra-curricular activities, no downtime, sleep deprivation, and childhood obesity. The most powerful voices…
Recently, I wrote my thoughts about Allie Beth Stuckey and Candace Owens in my private Facebook group. “God commands women to be keepers at home. Allie Beth and Candace Owens are no different than female preachers. They stand behind pulpits and preach in conferences. Allie even teaches theology, like Calvinism. She’s not biblically qualified to teach this. They travel often and must put in a lot of time and energy for their speeches, writing books, and podcasts. They both have…