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This is great! I get weird looks when I say I am a stay at home wife. Even more so when a nosy person asks why, and I respond, because my husband likes it that way and I feel it's where I am meant to be. Yes, I am a liberated adult woman. Yes, I can go out and get a job if I want (and the husband would support it). But for ll this talk of "choice" these people never seem to like mine. I support a woman's decision to work, but I feel it's best to stay in the home.
LOVE it!!!!
Excellent! I love John PIper!!!
Great post! And, I totally agree with Kalee. I love being a stay at home wife. It allows me much more flexibility with my time. After working outside the home for the last few years, I am enjoying being in the home again.
Thanks for posting this, Sarah. I enjoy hearing John Piper speak and he's definitely one of my pastor's all-time favorite writers. I know I can trust his words. It's neat to hear what he has to say and it's got me thinking about my "blogging" job I have at home. I miss the days of no job and just enjoying my children and keeping my house up. I must admit, I wish the economy was better that I didn't have to work (even at home).
WOOHOO!!! I am so excited to hear this! Yep – me. The gal who used to work full-time and swore I'd never change my name when (or if) I got married.
If necessary, I will work outside the home. If my husband requests or demands it, I will work outside the home. I pray every day that God continues to meet our needs to allow me to stay home with our girls. The more I embrace my role of mother and wife – the more challenged I am to be a woman of God and the "happy"-er I am. =) I also support a woman's decision to work – but God has already laid out what is the BEST design for marriage, for motherhood – for home and family? Why should I buck it?
Just amazing. Love Piper! Thank you for sharing this Sarah. Love you.
Thank you for posting this. It's the reminder I needed.
God bless you.
Thanks, friend! This was super encouraging!
great reminder of the high calling of motherhood especially when the trenches seem lonely and discouraging.
I would love to hear your thoughts on balancing blogging with our responsibilities at home and mothering… what does your day look like juggling 2-3 blogs and a conference? I feel so so torn over feeling like I have a platform to share/connect/influence and the desire to close it all down and only focus on the needs of my family.
I have read this before, but oh how encouraging to watch it now! Many thanks for sharing this.
Loved this! It reminds me that we should never choose what may be "good" over what is "best"…. For many of us, being home is best – for us, our families, and society as a whole.
Thanks for sharing, Sarah Mae :o)
I'm not going to get up in arms, but I do think we will just have to agree to disagree on this one. :)
Jessica – shocker! ;) Really looking forward to meeting you at Relevant!
Wow! I love this. His answer was a perfect response. I have been a stay at home Mom for 30 years. Our children are all leaving the nest, but we feel the Lord is opening up a wonderful new ministry in our home. Thanks for sharing.
What a wonderful way of putting it! I daily need the reminder that I'm called to a lifestyle of ministry as a mother… It's so easy to get distracted in the day-to-day's and lose sight of what my family is really supposed to be: a reflection and arm of Christ TO the world, a place of rest for fellow laborers, a living breathing ministry. Why is it so tempting for us mama's to get so caught up in making our ministry, our families, look perfect that we miss out on USING our ministry to the glory of God??
Thanks for sharing this!
I completely agree with his statements about work and home until the Industrial Revolution… and that it is a loaded question!
Thank you for sharing with us all !!! I raised 3 children and now a grandma of 2 . I had a great career and gave it up when the kids were born, hard decision but if I had to do over again would not change a thing. I encourage all young mommies to stay home and please raise your babies. There is always time later on for careers.
WOW! I can't imagine it better said!
I have a feeling that despite our different perspectives, we will still find common ground – at least that is my prayer.
Jessica – absolutely! We are sisters in Christ!
This was a good answer–I think he squirmed out of the clutches of some who were waiting to rip him to shreds for the "wrong" answer.
There's one job that no one in the whole wide world can do besides me, and that's be my children's mother and raise them for the Lord. I feel so privileged to be able to stay at home (after working full time before we had children and feeling trapped, and unable to quit. I had to have a "reason"! I finally went back to school. Then and only then did I escape the stress I had no idea I was under, and I finally got pregnant! And then I quit school, because of morning sickness and to become a mommy). There is so much more to this question than at first appears, and it seems the tendency is always to try to push all that stuff into the box, but it keeps overflowing and oozing through the cracks!
(Leave it to you, Sarah Mae, to go after a hard topic. Thanks!)
The question which some have raised about blogging, is a very, very good one. We would have to say (me included) that, at times, we neglect our husbands and kids because we're busy blogging.
I look forward to a vibrant discussion!
Blessings, Sarah Mae! I'm still praying for you!
Wendy
Faith's Firm Foundation
Sarah, I know we've never met in person, but goodness Girl, somehow you always have a way of speaking MY heart. I sat and watched this before heading off to my full time job and tears welled up in my eyes… My heart is HERE at home with my baby boy. My heart longs to be at home. So many people think that SAHM's are lazy, or don't have a real job, but they could be no further from the truth. Mom's are the backbone of the home.
Thank you for sharing. I love his answers.
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Hi, I just wanted to ask – is there a script of this message online? I live overseas and my interent connection can't handle videos, but I would love to read this if it's available… Thanks!
Sarah – Yes, go here: http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/2498_is_it_ok_for… :)
[...] some strong opinions (on both sides of “the camp“), during my blog reading. There was this video and then this response to it. I am sure that this debate will continue so I wanted to address [...]
I take pride in my career.
I apply myself with dedication and conviction.
I work hard, sometimes working through lunch breaks just to get food on the table. I pull late hours to get my work done and then it still seems to pile up.
I have a great work partner, as well as satisfied customers…
I am accomplished, intelligent, driven, focused, multitasking and a creative thinker.
My career is "Mothering, specializing in Home Ed with a minor in Nutrition and Hygeine"
;P hehe… just a little humor amongst the debate :P
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I've been on both sides of this fence; raised one as a single mom, where he was in daycare from before the age of one. I had to work to support the two of us. It was just he and I, for the most part, until he was ten. I remarried, and now I have three additional children. The Lord has so GRACIOUSLY allowed my husband the ability to make enough income for me to stay at home with these three. I couldn't even begin to describe the difference between these three and my first child. I've seen first hand what a difference it makes when the mother is able to put all her time and energy into family and home. I thank God every day for allowing me to watch these precious, fleeting lives grow, and the opportunity to teach them about Him.