Beautiful Motherhood

    

    Let’s face it - who hasn’t asked the question , how do I raise my children in today’s world, to love God and others, to teach them to spread the gospel and participate in Christian fellowship, and to reach out their hand to the lost and love everyone as God does, all the while, letting them take risks and keeping them safe, loved, nurtured, and separated from a vile, perverted, and ugly generation? 

Well guess what, I don’t have all the answers! I’ve observed from godly people how I’ve wanted to raise my own kids. I’ve gleaned wisdom from other godly moms and have gleaned wisdom from the scriptures about how to be a godly woman and how to rise up, press on, and obey commands . Repenting when I fall short. And no, I’m not a goody two shoes - I fear the Lord more than any human being because He is holy and I want to honor Him in my life, marriage, parenting, and heritage that I leave one day on this earth. I know who I answer too. 

Advice I can give is to pray with your husband and openly communicate about how you want to raise your family.

I’m more of the guard at the gate, my husband can be, but is more of the risk taker. Together and through God’s grace, we have come up with a solution that has brought peace. I want to stay at home; I see it as a biblical role for a wife and mother to fill, and I want to home educate our youngest children, like I did for many years with our older ones. If they are not at home , I want them discipled at a Christian school- he does too. If the time is ever right for me to teach and still tackle all the home responsibilities I have, I will- although that’s not my heart’s calling at this point. Regardless of anything, my number one role is in my home. Titus 2:5, 1 Timothy Chapter 5, etc. a calling I take rather joyfully. And yes, I have sacrificed to keep my main job my home, and it’s been the best sacrifice I’ve ever made listening to scripture as I understand it. If I have worked, which I did at one point full time, it was to place my kids in a Christian school and to disciple other kids there - being near my children. Let’s say I loved it and I worked extra hard, double days , and I had a lot of beautiful fruit in that season, even foster children . Yet, it was a season and the time came to gather my youngins and keep them with me for the next few years at home again being educated. We also moved across the country, faced severe trials and blessings, and got to buy a new home with the sale of our prior one that we’ve raised our kids in since.

I also saw the joy of many mothers raising their kids and being homemakers and I wanted that life from my teen years . It was something I was created for. Having a job or not, tending to my marriage, kids, and home is a God-given mandate as a woman, not a suggestion , and a beautiful one. 

How have we let our kids take risks and not be in a bubble - well first off- they are pretty social . I mean… much more social than Jer and I . My son who was home educated the longest and spanked the most, thrives in social settings, church fellowship, school, sports, and home. He gets sick if he can’t see other people physically - he has to talk and hang out , have adventures etc, work out non stop, or he gets literally sick haha- I’d rather listen to books, clean, cook, and be inside. 💙 

— Well, we have been a foster family …

Our kids saw Jerry Springer live- no joke- they saw a side of life that we didn’t know existed in America and they got to love kids in need for Christ. 

—We have put them in many groups and sports. They have learned to work with a myriad of people in differing settings for sports and groups. 

—- They have gone on vacations and we plan to travel with them more.

—- They have played outdoors for hours on end - especially in their homeschool years ,daily having adventures in nature and experiencing play like children should. 

—- They have not been forced to accept Jesus - though if I could I would have ! They have chosen Him and gotten baptized on their own - like us.

—- They have discussions with us about right and wrong, and we recently read about the proverbs 31 woman.

My son’s response to asking what he learned —- 

Well, she is not afraid of the snow !! - not the answer I wanted, but it worked for him. 💙

 

We are constantly learning daily, but I write this post to give you joy as a working mom or stay at home mom- in tending to your home . The Greek word for a keeper at home in Titus 2:5 is a guard and worker.

As women, we get to biblically with God’s authority, guard and tend to our homes- this includes our marriage and children. We are also under our hubby helping him.  We have a huge, beautiful, wonderful responsibility from Jesus on this earth - and He lays it out in scripture . It’s a gift . Tend to and create your home environment. It’s a joy for everyone in your household.