Truth #17 from Lies Women Believe is that In the will of God, there is no higher and holier calling than to be a wife and mother. True joy comes from discovering why God made us and embracing his purpose and design. God made women to be a helper to her husband and a bearer and nurturer of life. To make a home, to be united with one man in glorifying God, to nurture and tend the lives of children and grandchildren, to deny oneself and lay down one's life on behalf of others--there is no higher calling and no greater joy.
Titus 2:4-5 "Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God." This is actually the passage of Scripture our new Mentor Mom study is based on. I think it's very interesting that the reason a woman is to do all of the things listed is in order to glorify God and point people to the gospel.
Some of my other favorite wife verses come from Proverbs 31 "A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life...She speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed, her husband also and he praises her. Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate."
It is my prayer of thankfulness that God has given me Jay, Catherine, and Will to care for. It is my joy to be Jay's wife and Catherine and Will's mom. There is nothing in this world I would rather do.
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