The Lost Art

Initially I was going to post this evening ranting and raving out of anger. I decided that wasn't a good idea. So, I made myself sit for a few minutes and really think about why I was full of anger and decided that I could post the same idea and concept in a more compelling and compassionate attitude.

This past week I heard a sermon by Alistair Begg, a man which I have great respect for. The sermon was entitled, "The Biblical Role of Women" based on Titus 2:4-8. (http://www.truthforlife.org/player/sermon/the-biblical-role-of-women/listen/) After hearing the message, my heart became heavy. My mind began to think of the young women in my life. After thinking for awhile, I came to realize that there is not one female friend of mine that has ever expressed the desire to care for a home and raise a family. Rather, they want the degree and be in the workforce. But is the workforce the place God created women to be? I don't think so. In my opinion, the art of a woman being a homemaker is a lost art. So, lost that many young women do not even think about the idea of staying home and raising children.

Yet, this also leads to the wondering where are all of the Godly men today? A Godly woman cannot raise a family without a Godly man to help her. There are many times I feel alone. There are not many men my age that are pursuing a relationship with Christ. I mean daily striving for a deeper understanding of their Creator, not just attending church on a Sunday morning. As men we have a huge responsibility for a family, regardless of what society says. We are to unconditionally love the woman that God brings into you lives for LIFE, not just until we feel like we don't have to any more. There are Biblical grounds for divorce, so it is not an option.

As I continually wait for God to lead me to my wife, I do wonder if I will find one; granted it will happen according to the will of Christ. But really. I desire a wife, a partner for life. Well, that is what marriage is anyway, a life long partnership; two becoming one in Christ. Yet, if the Lord blesses my wife and I with children, we parents are to be raising the children, not having someone else raise them for us. After all, isn't that why the term 'parent' is used? Parents are supposed to raise their children. God didn't create parents to have kids, have a day care raise them, then send them off to a public school to continue to teach them, then send them off to college hoping that their children figure out what they want to do in life. Absurd!!! Mothers are to raise their children early in life. Well, since public school is degrading, homeschooling should be heavy looked at by Christian parents today. The calling of Christ for parents is to train a child in the way he should go. There is not exception to that and never will be.

Maybe God is calling me to a life of singleness. So be it if it is His will for my life.

Blessings