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When I got married, I had no clue how to be a wife, mother, homemaker, or cook. I could sweep, wash clothes, and scramble eggs but not a lot more. It wasn’t for lack of desire but my Mama, bless her heart, put more value in preparing me for a career than she did in preparing me for the duties the Lord had called me to. I was desperately unprepared when, two and a half years later, I had a little baby and started staying home. Suddenly, I had to cook, to keep a house with all kinds of interruptions, take care of my family’s health, and so on. I visited the library and for five years, I dedicated myself to learning all that I ought to have already known. Up until then, my husband and I hadn’t really understood, or seen an example of, how a home ought to be managed, the duties of the husband and wife, and how to be pleasing to the Lord. Though my husband proved to be an unbeliever and caused much grief, it was still my duty to be to him the wife God called me to be.
Joyful Domesticity exists so that younger women might learn these truths. Titus 2: 3-5 tells the older women to train the younger women to love their husbands, children, and to be keepers of their homes. This is so utterly old-fashioned, some of you might be thinking. Couldn’t you teach me how to juggle six different schedules, prepare meals in ten minutes, and still have time for my girlfriends? No, I can’t. That wouldn’t be biblical.
Our purpose as women is to glorify the Lord by fulfilling our duties to our families. We cannot skimp on this.
If you are interested in being a God-fearing, God-honoring, wife who fulfills her duties with joy, welcome. Let’s get started. SDG
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