We as Women

The majority of books that I've been reading the last couple of years have been centered around homemaking and rearing children. One of the things that has struck me so many times is the great privilege and responsibility that we women have in taking care of our husbands, children and others in our church family. The concept does not discriminate. It is our DUTY as women, whether we are single, married or even widowed. I have often fought and struggled with thoughts of inadequacy like "what I do doesn't matter. I stay home and raise a child and take care of my husband and home." (Look back at my blog over the last year and you will see what I mean). In reading these books, I have gained a wonderful and warm sense of fulfillment knowing that what I do is so much more than that. It is so beautiful for all of us, no matter what season of life we are in or heading towards, that we have such a grand responsibility as daughters in Christ. All women, mothers or not, can teach Sunday School, lead a Bible Study, reach out to the teenage girls at church who are just trying to get through what seems like the toughest years of their lives, or bring meals to the sick and elderly.

I think the point that I'm trying to get to is that we as women are capable and gifted in such a way that we can care for all of those around us, be it friends, family or even strangers, and be a light for Christ whether we are in the home or out in the world with our peers. It is not an easy concept to wholeheartedly accept, but we MUST. And we must not only accept it, but we must LIVE it. We have to ask ourselves wherever we are, at church, the grocery store, the office, on the street, in the car, in front of our children, in front of our spouse, at the mall, at our children's sporting events, "When people look at me, can they see Jesus?"