I want to share my story since I have become a wife & mother and how I have been able to understand what my role and purpose in life is much more clearly.
***If anything, SCROLL down to the quote below, amazing!***
I simply want to live my life as a woman that attempts to glorify God. I want my home to be a place to minister, enjoy, and manage. I want to cultivate the roles of becoming a better wife, mother, mentor- for the singles and the married. (Hey, Titus says to mentor the youngsters :)
I believe that Titus2:3-6, 1Timothy9-15, & Proverbs 31:10-31 have shown me these roles and responsibilities to which I believe we are called in life to live by. We also have many different personalities and talents that can be put to great use. However, it can be a very demanding and daunting role that comes with many difficult tasks.
As an ordinary woman seeking her path in life, I have found this such an interesting topic that I have now experienced in a whole new light. I want to share the struggles and triumphs that life's journey takes us on, especially as women. Are ya following me? Whether or not that makes any sense to you (I'm not so sure it does :) Let me keep rollin...
Don't we want to restore our Feminine Appeal (amazing book by the way) as women-Maybe not? Don't you want to bring back what it means to actually be and act like women- God's true woman and what that should look like without feeling so burnt out by the busyness of life to which we don't have time to sit and think about the question? It seems as though history has shown us how women's lives have strived to be freeing and fulfilling. Instead, I think many times we have done the opposite. Disagree? Maybe you do.
**A quote from one of my favorite books summarizes this thought with amazing insight. It has changed the way I think about womanhood. It was written based on the 3 scripture verses above:
"As I survey the landscape of women, christian and non-believing, I'd have to say that the view is both bleak & promising. There is a cause for both grave concern and genuine hope.
First, the bad news.
Women are in desperate need of the truth. The look of frustration, pain, or hollowness in so many eyes tells the story of women who are generally disappointed with life. They feel victimized-even traumatized- by circumstances that have fallen short of their hopes and dreams. As fare as they are concerned life just isn't working.
And the problem goes even deeper that what is obvious at first glance. I believe that this sense of confusion and distress among women is because, at large, we are profoundly disorientated about who God is and who we are, and about our calling and mission in life- as women. Almost in mass, we have bought into a way of thinking about life and about womanhood, marriage, and family that is culturally accepted and politically correct, but fundamentally flawed. For sure, it has not delivered what is promised.
But I said there's good news also. And there is. Everywhere I go, as I speak about the way of God and what it means to reflect the glory of God as a woman, I am greatly encouraged by the hunger and eagerness of many women to receive the word and to act on it.
As has always been the case, God has a "remnant"- in this case, women who have ears to hear, who resonate with the truth, and who are willing to make tough, radical choices to reorient their lives around the word of God.
Life isn't necessarily easier for these women, but they are experiencing a sense of purpose, joy, and blessing as they see the connection between their lives and the grander scheme of the purposes of God and the kingdom of Christ."
-Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney, forward by Nancy Leigh Demoss
*Check out another amazing book Becoming God's True Woman by the same authors. Click here for the book summary, reviews, and sample chapters.
