Hey all,
this next part was a status update made by Above Rubies today on Facebook, but it was so
long I decided to put it in a blog post to share with y'all.
"THE
EARTH QUAKES--LOOK OUT! Don't miss reading this!
I was
looking at my daughter, Evangeline's Facebook and noticed her answer to an
article she read called, "Why Motherhood is not the Finish Line for
Biblical Womanhood" written by a single woman. I thought I would share it
with you. Of course, Vange writes in her style! Those who know Vange will love
it! If you haven't been introduced to her y
et, well,
look out! But, you'll love her, too. Nancy
'The problem
with this article is in its very, very, narrow definition of motherhood. If you
define motherhood as the few short years where you have your own children
around your knees, she is right, because once the children are no longer little
ones in your arms you have reached a finished line of sorts--which is the most
limited and incomplete view of mothering I've ever heard.
BUT, if you
step back and look at the bigger picture and a more biblical view of mothering
- mothering is INNATE. It is the compassionate, nurturing, God-given nature of
the female gender. It both predates and postdates having children of your own.
It expresses God's compassion and tenderness to those around us, whether they
be our family or the families He puts in our lives. I would never argue with
the author that having a firm basis of biblical truth is not critical. Anyone
who replaces the Bible with the La Leche League manual is asking for trouble
eternally, but they are equally asking for trouble if they try to strip the
compassionate, nurturing, mothering heart out of women and turn them into
theological robots who do not understand one of their greatest callings while
on earth.
If you
actually look at the biblical injunctions that are addressed to women I believe
that they demonstrate that God cries out for women to be encouraged in these
very roles that the author is so sick of the church encouraging (loving your
husband and loving your children). Maybe she does not have a husband or
children so therefore needs to realize that she can still manifest who she is
with the God-given female mothering nature within her. She ALSO needs to
realize that mothering never has a finish line. Never! NEVER!!!
That is why
Paul told the older women to instruct (mother) the younger women to be great
wives and mothers before all other earthly ministries, the very thing this
author is griping about. We are told that when we mother we are then fruitful
for the Kingdom of God more than by doing other ministries. In this way we
light up the world! In this way we keep the world going! In this way we bring
God's nurturing heart to the world! In this way we honor Him! Talk about
doctrine - could we be reading from the same bible? Part of training in
theology is part of training to be a good mother. Good godly mothering is a
dying art in this society today. It is belittled, despised, rejected, touted as
disturbing, to name just a few attitudes.
Yet, most
women, at sometime, become or embrace mothering and are left bewildered,
discouraged, and lonely in a mothering land that is despised everywhere we turn
today - EVEN in the churches... and if we do not encourage or teach them that
this is God's own heart, His idea, One of His destinies for us - then we
ourselves have become blinded by this age and God himself will reach out and
take them by the hand and gently lead those that are with young!
God is
calling for a revival of mothering. Calling them to stand in their land of
mothering and nurture with all their God-given power!
LIVE
MOTHERS! LIFE TO MOTHERS! MAY GOD GRANT THEM ENERGY AND POWER FOR TRULY THE
EARTH QUAKES WHEN A MOTHER UNDERSTANDS HER DESTINY ON EARTH AND BEGINS TO PRAY
OVER HER DOMAIN!' "
I just
thought this was so full of truth and so profound, had to share it with all my
fellow ladies. They post things like
this all the time; I'd highly reccommend liking the page!
*this blog
is pretty much nothing I wrote. Just thought this was awesome!
