Idelette
Puritan Board Graduate
As a side note, I just wanted to share with you all a certain situation of a woman that I know.
She is a divorced reformed christian mother of four children......and felt commanded by Scripture that her place is in the home with her children. She does receive some child support (but it is very little) and she lives in a trialer home, and lives INCREDIBLY simply. While many people have criticized her for not having a full-time job ,including believers, she truly felt that she honored God more by being a good steward of the children that HE has entrusted into her care. She felt it was HER responsibility in bringing them up in the fear of the Lord, rather than having someone else care for or teach them. She was convinced that if she worked outside the home...that it would be at the spiritual expense of her children. She truly felt that she needed to honor God and His Word regardless of how grim her circumstances may have seemed at times! And I have to tell you that she has had some incredibly desperate times....times where she wasn't sure if she would have food on the table tomorrow, or gas for her car, or shoes for her children when they began outgrowing their old ones. But God has ALWAYS been faithful to provide for her!! I have seen Him put food on her table exactly when her children needed it, and I have seen Him bring shoes exactly when she prayed for them, and I have seen Him provide for her over and over and over again!! Honestly, I have been so blessed to see her strong convictions....her faithfulness and reliance upon the Lord...and to witness God's provision in her life when times seemed so hopeless!
She is a divorced reformed christian mother of four children......and felt commanded by Scripture that her place is in the home with her children. She does receive some child support (but it is very little) and she lives in a trialer home, and lives INCREDIBLY simply. While many people have criticized her for not having a full-time job ,including believers, she truly felt that she honored God more by being a good steward of the children that HE has entrusted into her care. She felt it was HER responsibility in bringing them up in the fear of the Lord, rather than having someone else care for or teach them. She was convinced that if she worked outside the home...that it would be at the spiritual expense of her children. She truly felt that she needed to honor God and His Word regardless of how grim her circumstances may have seemed at times! And I have to tell you that she has had some incredibly desperate times....times where she wasn't sure if she would have food on the table tomorrow, or gas for her car, or shoes for her children when they began outgrowing their old ones. But God has ALWAYS been faithful to provide for her!! I have seen Him put food on her table exactly when her children needed it, and I have seen Him bring shoes exactly when she prayed for them, and I have seen Him provide for her over and over and over again!! Honestly, I have been so blessed to see her strong convictions....her faithfulness and reliance upon the Lord...and to witness God's provision in her life when times seemed so hopeless!