Confession
Before I give my two cents I am going to give a confession. There was a time in my life when I thought a woman belonged in the home raising children and that was the only place for her. This was not a cultural thing since my mother has worked since the day I was born. It was a biblical thing. I know I know, but seriously it was. I love Jesus and I want to see everyone fulfill their God-given role. I looked at the word that said a woman was not allowed to teach a man or speak in church and realized their place was in the home raising babies. Luckily someone showed me how to interpret scripture and gave me instances where women played very prominent roles throughout the church. It was not that I doubted their ability. This is for another post but ability to do something and the call to do something are two different things.
Current trend
Currently many in the church and even more in the “world” encourage woman to go be all they can be. Woman enter college with great dreams and aspirations. They want to be lawyers, doctors, business professionals, and much much more. This is great and I am their biggest fan. I am so thankful that women have the opportunities they have today. My daughter is 9 months old and I am thankful there will be few if any that tell her she cannot do something because she is a woman. We just elected the first African-American President of the United States and I can’t wait until we elect our first woman president. (Not sold on Sarah Palin just yet though :-0). Once this happens women will truly know they can be all they desire to be.
The mention of a mother
Recently I have been reading in 2 Kings lately and noticed something the other day. Every time their is a king that walked in the ways of the Lord the author mentions the king’s mother, but every time the king is wicked there is no mention of the mother. This encouraged me to pray for my wife. I realized that if my children are going to walk in the ways of the Lord their mother will play a prominent role in their lives. Now I’m not telling women to stop pursuing their dreams but I do want to say two things.
My two cents
First, it is no lesser of a role for a woman to be a house wife or mother (not sure the politically correct way of saying this). My fear in this is that women do not get forced into pursuing something that is not their dream. If their dream is to raise a beautiful family to which they give their full attention, then we should never look lesser upon them for it.
Second, women do not forsake raising and nurturing your children for a career. I’m afraid that with the focus on proving that women can do everything men can do that children may be left as casualties. I am not saying that you cannot do both. I believe you can but you will be tired at the end of the day. (As a side note, I am not saying that men have no part in this whole thing. We do, we do, we do!!! )
Rooting for my wife
I am married to a supercalifragilistic woman who continues to amaze me with her strength and willpower. Currently she is working 60 hours a week, mothers our daughter, goes to school, and helps with my ministry. Why? She does these things because she knows that God has called her to do them. Her desire is to work in developing countries as a midwife to help decrease the death rate among women and babies at birth. God has given her a dream and a responsibility and she is rocking at both of them, but she is tired. I am her biggest fan and servant (at least I try). Currently I am a full-time campus pastor, full-time students, and full-time babysitter. Why? Because God has given us a dream and a responsibility
Rooting for all women
It is my true belief that women have a nurturing gift that men do not have. I know there are exceptions but as a whole, women are much more compassionate, tender, and approachable. So women remember that if your children walk in the ways of the Lord, there is a high likelihood that it is due to your loving care. I’m rooting for you.
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