“When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.”-2 Timothy 1:5
Without question, one of the most underappreciated and overlooked roles in America right now, is the Christian housewife. It seems our society with its obsession with progression took us from gender roles, to gender neutrality, to gender fluidity. In so doing, we never stopped thinking about what was being sacrificed to fuel our progression. While everyone should have equal opportunity, if it is a woman's ambition to be a wife, mother, and housewife; you will scarcely find a nobler calling.
Our worldly culture today exalts education, business, and enterprise. It champions free thinking and “me” first discovery. You can be what you want, do what you want, and marry whomever you want. The militant message is that the Bible, the home, and the title of “housewife” is simply a way to keep the women in her place. It is pushed that modern women are not so one dimensional. She can do, say, and go wherever she pleases; and being a mom can simply be one of the many hats that she can wear, and the men are there to support her in this endeavor. In all this, the result can quickly become that we are all too encumbered to stop and ask: who is guarding the home? Who is guiding the home? Modern day parents are working 60 hour a week jobs, paying babysitters, and virtually killing themselves so they can send their kids to top universities, and have the American dream. Debt riddled families are sacrificing time with their kids to pay for things they purchased to impress people they don’t even know. Diligently saving what remains to send their kids to the same universities that will teach them this same “me” first thinking; never realizing that the greatest university in the world is a solid Christian home. The most valuable teaching facility in America is a Godly home, guided by a sanctified Bible believing husband, who is supported by a God-fearing wife. The most important lessons will not be taught in a classroom, but in the living room. While businessmen and women make products for profit, mothers mold lives. Teachers and educators instruct students; mothers fashion the character of future generations. To stay at home and dedicate your life to a singular purpose of raising children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord is no small task. How much more to do so with her words and her life and “give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.” The world doesn’t champion it, and our culture doesn’t exalt it, but the gospel is generational, and mothers are instrumental in passing the torch from one generation to the next. Think of those who influenced you the most, those who taught you about Christ, those who you wish to emulate. Odds are a Godly mother or grandmother is in that group. Admittedly, not everyone is afforded this great blessing, but no one should be robbed of it because of stereo-typical cultural or world views. When kids see their parents and grandparents’ faith it builds their faith. When children are raised and guided by consistent, compassionate, determined, God fearing women; accompanied by a husband who loves Jesus and accepts his role as the chief servant in the hierarchy of the household, it effectively prepares the soil so that one day the Word of God can take root.
We live in a world that has so many opinions and “movements” it’s easy to lose sight of what matters. Please don’t misinterpret, it is not my intention to tell anyone what they should do or how they should live, rather, call attention to the value of one of the most essential offices a person can hold on this Earth: The Christian mother and housewife. The future is not determined by those who we elect, educate or appoint; but by those who raise them. Let the Church rally around those who embrace this calling.
