Why I'm NOT a Stay At Home Mom!
(Definitions will be taken from www.dictionary.com)
STAY:
As a verb with an object:
1) to stop or halt. 2) to hold back, detain, or restrain, as from going further. 3) to suspend or delay (actions, proceedings, etc.).
PROFESSIONAL:
As Noun:
1)a person who belongs to one of the professions, esp. one of the learned professions. 2) a person who is expert at his or her work
As an adjective:
1) of, pertaining to, or connected with a profession
By definintion the term stay shows a holding back or a laziness, which I believe the term was invented to imply. A mom who is at home 24/7 is NOT someone who "stays", we are professionals. Motherhood isn't just something that you do, you must LEARN your children, you must LEARN about nutrition, you must LEARN about baby care, schooling, etc. Some of the things that mothers learn come from experience at home with our own mothers.
No one knows our children like we do. Just by looking at our children we know how they feel. We are experts in the area of mothering. We know what is best for our children and we place their needs near the top of our priority list. (Just under God and Husband.) Motherhood isn't easy, it's hard work!
So calling me a STAY AT HOME MOM is insulting...I'm a PROFESSIONAL MOM.
After talking with my grandmother and many ladies of the "older generation" I have come to find out that being a "working mom" used to be looked down upon, expect for those in EXTREME circumstances (aka single moms or those facing financial struggles, but the woman was expected to see the kids off to school and be there when they got home). In fact, it was PREACHED in the churches that a woman's place is in the home. (Thank you Pastor Turpin and Bishop Turpin for not bowing to feminist ideas.) However, with the feminist movement and sexual revolution, the American family dwindled to both parents working and the children being placed in daycare as the norm of society.
My grandmother (in her 60's) told me that when money got tight she worked at the local grocery store for discount on food and a little cash ONLY after her kids were at school, then she left before school let out to meet them at home. When they were little she put the youngest on her back and pulled my mother on a cotton sack behind her while she picked cotton.
Contrary to popular belief I DO NOT believe that a mom being at home was a tradition. I believe that it was God's intention for the mother to be at home, earning income from home is fine, but I believe that it is the man's job to make provision for the family.If the wife helps, that's great! But is she neglecting husband, children, home, or church to do so? (There is a difference between working women and working moms). Mom's need to be home with their children during the early years.
Ok for my atheist friends, ignore the God part all together: Psychologically speaking children are better off with their mothers at home than with them working, ESPECIALLY during the early years. See http://www.drlaura.com/ and google the subject for more information. I could write a book on the benefits of mothers being at home.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Save $1000's on baby care!
Save $1000's on baby care! By switching to cloth diaper and making your own wipes!
There are more designs out there than the typical folded diaper with rubber pants. Most cloth diapers today look like regular diapers and are fitted.
Disposable Diapers for Malachi (6mths old) ($40.79) & Halle(27mths old) ($39.81)
Based on ($80.60) from Sam's for 1 package diapers for each child 2 times a month
($80.60*2)= $161.20 per month
*12months= $1934.40 per year
For Malachi alone once I get Halle potty trained will be $978.96 per year * 2.5 years left in potty training = $2447.40
(the average child potty trains around age 3 which is what Matthias did and what Halle is on track for)
Investment for cloth diapers will range from ($100-$800). But you don't have to do it all at once. We are buying 4 diapers at a time for our investment until I have the correct amount I need. AND I will be able to use one type of diapers for both Halle and Malachi!
Savings so far by switch to "greener"-homemade/frugal Wipes:
Sam's Price $16.35 w/tax once a month = $196.20/year
If we have to buy wipes twice a month $392.40/year.
Switching to homemade initial investment: $14.84 in Nov/Dec of 2009.
Since that time I have used 1 roll of Bounty from a HUGE pack we bought at Sam's for the house. It cost was $17.00 for 12 (about $1.42 a roll).
There are more designs out there than the typical folded diaper with rubber pants. Most cloth diapers today look like regular diapers and are fitted.
Disposable Diapers for Malachi (6mths old) ($40.79) & Halle(27mths old) ($39.81)
Based on ($80.60) from Sam's for 1 package diapers for each child 2 times a month
($80.60*2)= $161.20 per month
*12months= $1934.40 per year
For Malachi alone once I get Halle potty trained will be $978.96 per year * 2.5 years left in potty training = $2447.40
(the average child potty trains around age 3 which is what Matthias did and what Halle is on track for)
Investment for cloth diapers will range from ($100-$800). But you don't have to do it all at once. We are buying 4 diapers at a time for our investment until I have the correct amount I need. AND I will be able to use one type of diapers for both Halle and Malachi!
Savings so far by switch to "greener"-homemade/frugal Wipes:
Sam's Price $16.35 w/tax once a month = $196.20/year
If we have to buy wipes twice a month $392.40/year.
Switching to homemade initial investment: $14.84 in Nov/Dec of 2009.
Since that time I have used 1 roll of Bounty from a HUGE pack we bought at Sam's for the house. It cost was $17.00 for 12 (about $1.42 a roll).
Monday, March 8, 2010
Who will rule your children...Godly People or a Corrupt Government?
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, Rules The World
We have our beliefs that the Bible tells us to TEACH to our children. But when we abandon our children to the whims of childcare outside of our beliefes we are giving our children over to the guidance of others. If the school system is ran by the government, then we are allowing the governement to train our children in their beliefs. In the public school system, they have changed history books to become politically correct. We are leaving sex education to the schools. Their education says it's ok to have sex as long as you use protection. They receive 40 hours a week of anti-religious instruction, but only 4-8 hours a week of Godly instruction while at church, maybe more at home but they receive minimal compared to the unGodly instruction they receive elsewhere.
Our daughters are taught that being a mother and homemaker is WORTHLESS, when it the ACTUAL call God placed upon the woman. Women that don't bring home a paycheck is a waste of life, is another lie that is fed to them. (I'm not against education and working, but when a woman becomes a wife her husband and her home, should be her priority. If the house is a mess and husband neglected while she is working, then she is NOT following the Godly priorities that God gave her.)
The girls are taught by "fashion" that looking like a whore with every curve showing and breast hanging out, that they have the "freedom" and "right" to show it off without any reprocusions. Boys are told "Don't touch, don't think about me, don't react." HELLO!!! Boys/men are visual creatures, they can't help but notice. Of course they NEVER have the right to touch, but IF IT'S NOT FOR SALE COVER IT UP!
Boys are taught that masculinity is WRONG and that they should be more LIKE GIRLS. They should allow the women to pursue their dreams and shouldn't expect them to raise the children, that's what daycare is for. They are also taught that women are the same as men, just a few different parts. That's like saying a Ferrari is like a Datsun, just a few different parts.
Our children are now being told that sexual orientation doesn't matter. You can be gay as long as you are happy. The doctrine of SELF is being taught everywhere. "It's all about me" is the way they are being taught. "The only sacrifice that is worth anyhting is the sacrifice that gets you things."
We are SACRIFICING our children to public ran schools because they are "free" and to daycares. The price we pay for free child care is our own children. Look at those who run the government and that will tell you what is happening. When you have socialist, marxist, and liberals in office-you are giving your children to them FREELY.
When The hand that rocks the cradle is too busy, someone else will rule your family.
We have our beliefs that the Bible tells us to TEACH to our children. But when we abandon our children to the whims of childcare outside of our beliefes we are giving our children over to the guidance of others. If the school system is ran by the government, then we are allowing the governement to train our children in their beliefs. In the public school system, they have changed history books to become politically correct. We are leaving sex education to the schools. Their education says it's ok to have sex as long as you use protection. They receive 40 hours a week of anti-religious instruction, but only 4-8 hours a week of Godly instruction while at church, maybe more at home but they receive minimal compared to the unGodly instruction they receive elsewhere.
Our daughters are taught that being a mother and homemaker is WORTHLESS, when it the ACTUAL call God placed upon the woman. Women that don't bring home a paycheck is a waste of life, is another lie that is fed to them. (I'm not against education and working, but when a woman becomes a wife her husband and her home, should be her priority. If the house is a mess and husband neglected while she is working, then she is NOT following the Godly priorities that God gave her.)
The girls are taught by "fashion" that looking like a whore with every curve showing and breast hanging out, that they have the "freedom" and "right" to show it off without any reprocusions. Boys are told "Don't touch, don't think about me, don't react." HELLO!!! Boys/men are visual creatures, they can't help but notice. Of course they NEVER have the right to touch, but IF IT'S NOT FOR SALE COVER IT UP!
Boys are taught that masculinity is WRONG and that they should be more LIKE GIRLS. They should allow the women to pursue their dreams and shouldn't expect them to raise the children, that's what daycare is for. They are also taught that women are the same as men, just a few different parts. That's like saying a Ferrari is like a Datsun, just a few different parts.
Our children are now being told that sexual orientation doesn't matter. You can be gay as long as you are happy. The doctrine of SELF is being taught everywhere. "It's all about me" is the way they are being taught. "The only sacrifice that is worth anyhting is the sacrifice that gets you things."
We are SACRIFICING our children to public ran schools because they are "free" and to daycares. The price we pay for free child care is our own children. Look at those who run the government and that will tell you what is happening. When you have socialist, marxist, and liberals in office-you are giving your children to them FREELY.
When The hand that rocks the cradle is too busy, someone else will rule your family.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Moanhood or Motherhood?
FULL CREDIT FOR "Moanhood Or Motherhood?' is given to Serene Allison. This article was found here at Above Rubies. I have copied here because I know MANY will say things like "oh they don't believe what we believe, so all their teachings are false" or "these ladies are too old fashioned to listen to, they don't know anything about modern life." I beg to differ, but this article is 100% for all mothers I know, including me.
Moanhood Or Motherhood?
“Who can find a virtuous woman for her price is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10
I am often drawn to this text as I pray for God to mold me into the woman He desires me to be, no matter how much against the stream of normalcy it seems.
My Interlinear Bible, which is translated directly from the Hebrew, inspires me when I read, “Who can find an able woman? For her value is far above jewels.” The word “able” hit me with a giant thud. I wasn’t as pricked by the word “virtuous” as virtues seem to abound in the feminine sex! I’m only being slightly sarcastic! But “able”! “Able”?
As mothers and wives we often spend wasted brain space mulling over just the opposite. Do these words sound familiar? “I can’t do it anymore!” “I don’t have the energy!” “I’m drained! I have nothing more to give.” “I’m too tired! I’m completely exhausted and wasted. I can’t do one more thing!” We talk ourselves out of any last vestige of energy, and by the power of our minds we feel even more tired than we really are!
“Honey, not tonight! Actually I’ve got a headache. No, it’s a migraine.” “Oh, I just need some time for myself.” “I feel so used. Nobody appreciates what I do around here.” “I’ve got to get out. I’ve got cabin fever.” “I didn’t get a good sleep last night. Come to think of it, I never get a good sleep. It’s all making me old before my time. I found a new wrinkle this morning.”
Ugh! This is putting me in the doldrums just writing about it!
How can our husband value us more than jewels when our lives are one big complaint?
It is true that we talk ourselves into more than half of our problems. How can we be “able” women and how can our husbands and children truly value us above jewels when our lives are one big complaint? I think the key to being “able” is more about being positive than it is about all the talent and intellect we can possess. There are many gifted people who never accomplish half of what the mere motivated and persevering achieve.
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How can we be positive mothers when we have made a career of being professional moaners?
Have we embraced moanhood instead of motherhood? Just as negativity is a habit, so is a positive and happy heart. The more we think on the good things, the more they become naturally part of our nature. The negative muscles become floppy, weak and slowly deteriorate when we don’t use them. Philippians 4:8 tells us to think on things that are pure and lovely. If we make a habit of thinking about the lovely things, in turn, our lives will be a lot lovelier.
We can become negative by worrying about the future. We may dwell today on all the work we have to do tomorrow or even in the months to come. Again, the wisdom of the Bible frees our minds and makes for a happy mother when it says, “Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:34)
God is very interested in our thought-life and in the confessions of our lips. Here are just a few quotes:
“A merry heart does good like medicine.” (Proverbs 17:22)
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” (Proverbs 18:21)
“Gird up the loins of your mind.” (1 Peter 1:13)
A positive attitude breathes life into our soul and body and actually gives us energy.
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A positive attitude breathes life into our souls and bodies and actually gives us energy. Satan is all to eager to plant seeds of negativity into our minds because he knows they are seeds of death and make us unable. Negativity is based upon fear, which chokes the very life out of its victims and renders them practically immobile. Negativity holds us captive in a prison of gloom. Being positive frees us to succeed and thrive. Some people see their negative outlook as being realistic. This is another trap of the enemy; a smoke screen to blind us to the truth that will set us free to really live and enjoy life.
There are always two ways to look at things. I exercise everyday as part of my job description as a fit, healthy and happy wife and mother. Many times while on the treadmill in my kitchen I start thinking, “I feel awful. My legs are burning. I can hardly breath. I feel like pulling the plug.” With every second I grow more tired and soon feel completely drained. The fact is everything I’m feeling is truth. However, when I “gird up my mind” I remember how good I’ll feel afterwards and that 30 minutes isn’t that long. “I’ve only got 15 more minutes to go. I’m breathing really well now, and hey, this is easy. I feel great. I’ll race anyone. I’m going to pick up my pace. Wow, look at me go!” There is as much truth in this second thought process and I injected myself with a bunch of energy and ended up with a full tank.
You may get up in the morning, sigh and drag yourself to the coffee pot confessing, “I was up with the baby for four solid hours last night. I can’t make it through today.” This may be true, but the other side of the story is that you had four good hours of sleep. We can feel just as good as we can feel bad.
Thinking negatively involves the “me” word. It makes one too introspective. My mother always says, “If you are feeling depressed, go and do something for someone else. You’ll soon forget about your own problems.”
The negative “so called” facts are not truth at all. They are the enemy’s poisonous darts. To contemplate them digs their venom deeper into your mind. The truth is: we are new creatures in Christ. We are to crucify the “flesh man” and live by the Spirit. The fruit of the Holy Spirit such as patience and longsuffering are now our new character traits. In Christ we can bear way more than the level the devil deceives us into thinking we can handle.
The second line of Proverbs 31:10 reads, “The heart of her husband trusts in her so that he has no lack of gain.” The New Living Translation reads, “She will greatly enrich his life.” How can we enrich our husbands when our own lives are anything but enriched? We can’t give from a drained pot. Often we feel empty and exhausted, not because of our tedious workload so much as the state of our mental reflections.
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How can a husband feel enriched if his wife is not contended and happy?
How can a husband have “no need of gain” if his wife isn’t happy and contented? If we greet him at the door with a tired expression, a list of complaints, and quickly pass off all the children to him, his welcome home will not be very enriching. It may make him want to retreat! Home should be a solace from the worry and stress with which the world assails him. It should be a place of enriching, a gas station to fill his tank before venturing back into his world of business and stress. Our homes should be an oasis where our husband can take a cool drink of the water of peace, love and laughter. We should meet him at the door with a bright smile, a warm welcome, and with a cheery atmosphere pervading the home.
If he asks how our day was, and we remember how Suzie cut off her little sister’s hair, how Johnny peed on the clean folded clothes, or how the baby spread the surprise in his diaper like peanut butter around the crib, we might feel compelled to say it was a “bad day”. But wait a second! Let’s get out of our negative tunnel vision and see the big picture. There were no major accidents. We are all still alive and breathing. Suzie did really well at her reading lesson and Johnny picked some weeds from the garden and said I was a “beaubibul laby.” It was a lovely day. Come to think of it, it was a great day!
When the atmosphere of our home is filled with optimism, our husband and children will feel they can do anything.
The Proverbs 31 woman “opens her mouth with wisdom and the law of kindness is on her tongue.” As hormonal creatures, we women can sometimes become so emotionally pent up that when our husbands come home we vomit our feelings all over them before they have a chance to take off their coats. We were made to be our husbands’ helpmeets. We were made to complete them and enrich their lives. God did not create man to be the woman’s emotional counselor or hormonal dartboard. The more we press into God and become positive-thinking women, the less we will be inclined to emotionally regurgitate. Spurting out a bunch of negative goo gah is not opening our mouths in wisdom. Nor is it kind. It is like serving our husbands a glass of gravel instead of giving them a refreshing drink of happiness.
Men are not emotional sorts and just don’t get the problem. My friend told me how she told her husband that she was feeling “out of sorts.” He replied, “Don’t feel out of sorts.” This reply was the right answer but not the one she wanted to hear. Men are wired differently so when our skies look gray we need to go to God first and then maybe call a close girlfriend who will lend a listening ear.
Proverbs 31 continues with its description of the able woman. “She girds herself with strength, and strengthens her arms… she extends her hand to the poor. Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy…strength and dignity are her clothing; she shall rejoice in time to come… she watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.”
A hardworking woman doesn’t have time to waste in negative contemplation. She has more important things pressing on her mind. If we are truly busy we won’t have time to stop and moan. I can’t picture Mother Theresa complaining about how tired she was or turning away another child.
I love the way the curtains draw on the “able” woman. “Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.” The Hebrew word for “praises” is “halal”. It means “to shine, to make a show, to boast, to rave, to glorify, to make renown. The root of this word has the idea of radiance.” Are we worthy of such acclamation?
Let us take on a spirit of rejoicing and do away with negative gloom. We will then be free to be ‘able’ women whose value is above jewels.
SERENE ALLISON
Primm Springs, Tennessee, USA
Moanhood Or Motherhood?
“Who can find a virtuous woman for her price is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10
I am often drawn to this text as I pray for God to mold me into the woman He desires me to be, no matter how much against the stream of normalcy it seems.
My Interlinear Bible, which is translated directly from the Hebrew, inspires me when I read, “Who can find an able woman? For her value is far above jewels.” The word “able” hit me with a giant thud. I wasn’t as pricked by the word “virtuous” as virtues seem to abound in the feminine sex! I’m only being slightly sarcastic! But “able”! “Able”?
As mothers and wives we often spend wasted brain space mulling over just the opposite. Do these words sound familiar? “I can’t do it anymore!” “I don’t have the energy!” “I’m drained! I have nothing more to give.” “I’m too tired! I’m completely exhausted and wasted. I can’t do one more thing!” We talk ourselves out of any last vestige of energy, and by the power of our minds we feel even more tired than we really are!
“Honey, not tonight! Actually I’ve got a headache. No, it’s a migraine.” “Oh, I just need some time for myself.” “I feel so used. Nobody appreciates what I do around here.” “I’ve got to get out. I’ve got cabin fever.” “I didn’t get a good sleep last night. Come to think of it, I never get a good sleep. It’s all making me old before my time. I found a new wrinkle this morning.”
Ugh! This is putting me in the doldrums just writing about it!
How can our husband value us more than jewels when our lives are one big complaint?
It is true that we talk ourselves into more than half of our problems. How can we be “able” women and how can our husbands and children truly value us above jewels when our lives are one big complaint? I think the key to being “able” is more about being positive than it is about all the talent and intellect we can possess. There are many gifted people who never accomplish half of what the mere motivated and persevering achieve.
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How can we be positive mothers when we have made a career of being professional moaners?
Have we embraced moanhood instead of motherhood? Just as negativity is a habit, so is a positive and happy heart. The more we think on the good things, the more they become naturally part of our nature. The negative muscles become floppy, weak and slowly deteriorate when we don’t use them. Philippians 4:8 tells us to think on things that are pure and lovely. If we make a habit of thinking about the lovely things, in turn, our lives will be a lot lovelier.
We can become negative by worrying about the future. We may dwell today on all the work we have to do tomorrow or even in the months to come. Again, the wisdom of the Bible frees our minds and makes for a happy mother when it says, “Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:34)
God is very interested in our thought-life and in the confessions of our lips. Here are just a few quotes:
“A merry heart does good like medicine.” (Proverbs 17:22)
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” (Proverbs 18:21)
“Gird up the loins of your mind.” (1 Peter 1:13)
A positive attitude breathes life into our soul and body and actually gives us energy.
{mospagebreak}
A positive attitude breathes life into our souls and bodies and actually gives us energy. Satan is all to eager to plant seeds of negativity into our minds because he knows they are seeds of death and make us unable. Negativity is based upon fear, which chokes the very life out of its victims and renders them practically immobile. Negativity holds us captive in a prison of gloom. Being positive frees us to succeed and thrive. Some people see their negative outlook as being realistic. This is another trap of the enemy; a smoke screen to blind us to the truth that will set us free to really live and enjoy life.
There are always two ways to look at things. I exercise everyday as part of my job description as a fit, healthy and happy wife and mother. Many times while on the treadmill in my kitchen I start thinking, “I feel awful. My legs are burning. I can hardly breath. I feel like pulling the plug.” With every second I grow more tired and soon feel completely drained. The fact is everything I’m feeling is truth. However, when I “gird up my mind” I remember how good I’ll feel afterwards and that 30 minutes isn’t that long. “I’ve only got 15 more minutes to go. I’m breathing really well now, and hey, this is easy. I feel great. I’ll race anyone. I’m going to pick up my pace. Wow, look at me go!” There is as much truth in this second thought process and I injected myself with a bunch of energy and ended up with a full tank.
You may get up in the morning, sigh and drag yourself to the coffee pot confessing, “I was up with the baby for four solid hours last night. I can’t make it through today.” This may be true, but the other side of the story is that you had four good hours of sleep. We can feel just as good as we can feel bad.
Thinking negatively involves the “me” word. It makes one too introspective. My mother always says, “If you are feeling depressed, go and do something for someone else. You’ll soon forget about your own problems.”
The negative “so called” facts are not truth at all. They are the enemy’s poisonous darts. To contemplate them digs their venom deeper into your mind. The truth is: we are new creatures in Christ. We are to crucify the “flesh man” and live by the Spirit. The fruit of the Holy Spirit such as patience and longsuffering are now our new character traits. In Christ we can bear way more than the level the devil deceives us into thinking we can handle.
The second line of Proverbs 31:10 reads, “The heart of her husband trusts in her so that he has no lack of gain.” The New Living Translation reads, “She will greatly enrich his life.” How can we enrich our husbands when our own lives are anything but enriched? We can’t give from a drained pot. Often we feel empty and exhausted, not because of our tedious workload so much as the state of our mental reflections.
{mospagebreak}
How can a husband feel enriched if his wife is not contended and happy?
How can a husband have “no need of gain” if his wife isn’t happy and contented? If we greet him at the door with a tired expression, a list of complaints, and quickly pass off all the children to him, his welcome home will not be very enriching. It may make him want to retreat! Home should be a solace from the worry and stress with which the world assails him. It should be a place of enriching, a gas station to fill his tank before venturing back into his world of business and stress. Our homes should be an oasis where our husband can take a cool drink of the water of peace, love and laughter. We should meet him at the door with a bright smile, a warm welcome, and with a cheery atmosphere pervading the home.
If he asks how our day was, and we remember how Suzie cut off her little sister’s hair, how Johnny peed on the clean folded clothes, or how the baby spread the surprise in his diaper like peanut butter around the crib, we might feel compelled to say it was a “bad day”. But wait a second! Let’s get out of our negative tunnel vision and see the big picture. There were no major accidents. We are all still alive and breathing. Suzie did really well at her reading lesson and Johnny picked some weeds from the garden and said I was a “beaubibul laby.” It was a lovely day. Come to think of it, it was a great day!
When the atmosphere of our home is filled with optimism, our husband and children will feel they can do anything.
The Proverbs 31 woman “opens her mouth with wisdom and the law of kindness is on her tongue.” As hormonal creatures, we women can sometimes become so emotionally pent up that when our husbands come home we vomit our feelings all over them before they have a chance to take off their coats. We were made to be our husbands’ helpmeets. We were made to complete them and enrich their lives. God did not create man to be the woman’s emotional counselor or hormonal dartboard. The more we press into God and become positive-thinking women, the less we will be inclined to emotionally regurgitate. Spurting out a bunch of negative goo gah is not opening our mouths in wisdom. Nor is it kind. It is like serving our husbands a glass of gravel instead of giving them a refreshing drink of happiness.
Men are not emotional sorts and just don’t get the problem. My friend told me how she told her husband that she was feeling “out of sorts.” He replied, “Don’t feel out of sorts.” This reply was the right answer but not the one she wanted to hear. Men are wired differently so when our skies look gray we need to go to God first and then maybe call a close girlfriend who will lend a listening ear.
Proverbs 31 continues with its description of the able woman. “She girds herself with strength, and strengthens her arms… she extends her hand to the poor. Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy…strength and dignity are her clothing; she shall rejoice in time to come… she watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.”
A hardworking woman doesn’t have time to waste in negative contemplation. She has more important things pressing on her mind. If we are truly busy we won’t have time to stop and moan. I can’t picture Mother Theresa complaining about how tired she was or turning away another child.
I love the way the curtains draw on the “able” woman. “Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.” The Hebrew word for “praises” is “halal”. It means “to shine, to make a show, to boast, to rave, to glorify, to make renown. The root of this word has the idea of radiance.” Are we worthy of such acclamation?
Let us take on a spirit of rejoicing and do away with negative gloom. We will then be free to be ‘able’ women whose value is above jewels.
SERENE ALLISON
Primm Springs, Tennessee, USA
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
MOM Creed
~Parody of The Army NCO Creed! I know all my mom friends will LOVE this one, especially my fellow Army wives.~ Originally written February 13, 2010
MOM Creed-~By Bridgette Spurlock
May no one be more loving than I. I am a mother, a guidance to my children. As a mother, I realize that I am the member of the family, which is known as "The Heart of the Family". I am proud of to be a mother and will at all times conduct myself so as to bring credit upon God, my husband and my children regardless of the situation in which I find myself. I will not use or neglect my family to attain personal pleasure.
Optimism and Endurance are my watchwords. My two main responsibilities will always be uppermost in my mind -- health & well being of my family and the state of my home. I will strive to remain loving and patient. I am aware of my role as a mother. I will fulfill all my responsibilities inherented in this role. All children are entitled to understanding and guidance; I will provide these. I know my children and I will always place their needs above my own. I will communicate consistently with my family and never leave them uninformed. I always will be fair and impartial when considering both rewards and punishment.
My husband will have maximum time to accomplish his duties; he will not have to accomplish mine. I will earn his respect and confidence as well as that of my children. I will be faithful to those within my family. I will exercise initiative by taking appropriate action in my daily activities. I will not compromise my integrity, nor my moral obligations. I will not forget, nor will I allow my children to forget that I am their mother, momma, MOM!
~By Bridgette Spurlock
MOM Creed-~By Bridgette Spurlock
May no one be more loving than I. I am a mother, a guidance to my children. As a mother, I realize that I am the member of the family, which is known as "The Heart of the Family". I am proud of to be a mother and will at all times conduct myself so as to bring credit upon God, my husband and my children regardless of the situation in which I find myself. I will not use or neglect my family to attain personal pleasure.
Optimism and Endurance are my watchwords. My two main responsibilities will always be uppermost in my mind -- health & well being of my family and the state of my home. I will strive to remain loving and patient. I am aware of my role as a mother. I will fulfill all my responsibilities inherented in this role. All children are entitled to understanding and guidance; I will provide these. I know my children and I will always place their needs above my own. I will communicate consistently with my family and never leave them uninformed. I always will be fair and impartial when considering both rewards and punishment.
My husband will have maximum time to accomplish his duties; he will not have to accomplish mine. I will earn his respect and confidence as well as that of my children. I will be faithful to those within my family. I will exercise initiative by taking appropriate action in my daily activities. I will not compromise my integrity, nor my moral obligations. I will not forget, nor will I allow my children to forget that I am their mother, momma, MOM!
~By Bridgette Spurlock
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Just a thought... Can we cause our own depression?
- Depression affects twice as many women as men.
- 1/7 of women will suffer depression in their lifetime (www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/numbers.cfm)
- 73% of all psychiatric medications, including antidepressants, are prescribed to females (American Psychological Association)
- 43 million women take antidepressant medications (Zestra Web site)
But could some depressions be brought about by people being covetous, self-pity, going into debt to buy what they can't afford, or being out of God's will?
How often do we desire things we can't afford and put it on credit just to be a slave to debt? I know most of us have done this, but we should learn from our mistakes.
How often do we see the things that others have and not realize how hard they had to work to get it? It used to be that newly weds had very little furniture. How many now start out in debt just to have the look?
How many women sit around and have pity parties about different things? Not have a fancy car? not having designer "stuff"? being an "oppressed slave to husband and children" stay at home mom (which they aren't)?
How many women are leading the family (single: divorced, never married does not apply)? What happens spiritually and mentally to the husband and wife when the woman is out of her God given role? I know some women have to work to help provide food, clothing, shelter, but as long as the man is leading the family then she's not out of her God given role. (I will say that if a woman is working to have all the "extras" internet, tv, fancy cars and putting her children in childcare then she is wrong. Dr. Laura Schesslinger refers to this as abandoning children.)
This is just a thought... if we do these things, can WE be the CAUSE of our own depression? (note: this does not include horomonal changes and seasonal/life changing events)
Monday, February 8, 2010
Focus On The Family Superbowl Ad
CBS turned down a gay dating site ad...BUT gave Focus on the Family a PRO-LIFE ad! YES!!!! Tell CBS THANK YOU...WE DON'T WANT TO SEE GAYS AND LESBIANS...GO PRO-FAMILY!
Everyone please contact CBS and promote the ad, thank them for it, give lots of positive feedback. Onemillionmoms and Onemilliondads have been able to SHUT DOWN offensive/anti-family ads. Now what if we reverse the act and promote the ads, lets get more family ads on the air by requesting them!!!
http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php
Choose drop down menu of CBS Special.
Or Write:
CBS Headquarters
51 W. 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019-6188
Or Email:
CBS Audience Services at audsvcs@cbs.com
Tell CBS it was a great ad! Tell CBS to give more ads like this! CBS earns money by it's advertisers...tell them what you want and you will get it!
After you do it comment on here that you did! Let's see how many we can get.
Everyone please contact CBS and promote the ad, thank them for it, give lots of positive feedback. Onemillionmoms and Onemilliondads have been able to SHUT DOWN offensive/anti-family ads. Now what if we reverse the act and promote the ads, lets get more family ads on the air by requesting them!!!
http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php
Choose drop down menu of CBS Special.
Or Write:
CBS Headquarters
51 W. 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019-6188
Or Email:
CBS Audience Services at audsvcs@cbs.com
Tell CBS it was a great ad! Tell CBS to give more ads like this! CBS earns money by it's advertisers...tell them what you want and you will get it!
After you do it comment on here that you did! Let's see how many we can get.
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