My Position on Staying at Home

My post,"SAHM Movement Rocks Feminism" seemed to get some interesting feedback so I thought I'd take a moment to clarify some things. I'm not, by any means, affiliated with any movement that looks down on people who choose not to stay at home. In fact, it appears that the more I have defended the position of choosing home as a necessary place of employment, the more there seems to be a rebellion against it.

I find it pretty sad that where it was once considered a normal thing for a woman to be employed by her home, to begin her day with an early rise with a mind to keep to her household schedule, to tend her little ones during the day and prepare her home for her husband's arrival is now considered stone aged and unrealistic. My position is by no means puffed up with pride. However, I come from a place where I've experienced the verbal sarcasms and even the downplay of the position that I've chosen at home, and I find it to be degrading. Therefore, although you may sense the strong feeling on the subject, my posts reflect my position of defense for those of us who do chose home as a place of employment.

I speak of my job as a homemaker very highly because I believe that it's God's calling and I embrace the high calling of God to be a keeper of my home. With that, I eagerly welcome and encourage others to experience the joy that comes with being employed at home rather than choosing to bash those of us who choose to by deeming us unintelligent and worthless. I think that anyone who loves their job tends to speak about it with passion but I would never tell someone that they're sinning if they're not a stay at home mom. I just understand that we live in a society where things that God looks highly upon are minimized  and those things that are abominable to Him are glorified by people, and this is my opportunity, a place to speak on my beliefs about that.

I'm not standing in judgment of anyone here but I do have strong opinions on feminism. So in my posts, I may mention some of the things that we as Christian women have allowed into our hearts as a compromise between godliness and feminism but it is solely one's own convictions that will determine what they do with that. The one thing I will definitely state is that any woman who has questions about what God wants for her that she should, indeed, seek the word of God and allow Him to reveal His individual plan for her.

Decisions Decisions

Mama said she didn't want to work. Daddy cleared his throat. He said, "Come with me." They went to a nice little one bedroom apartment that was a bit humid from the heat of summer. It had hardwood floors and old windows with the wooden panes painted over and bricks outside the windows to hold  air conditioning units. Daddy said, "This is where we'll live if you don't work." Then Daddy took Mama to another apartment. This apartment was donned in plush wall to wall carpeting, the cool breeze of central air welcomed them, and just outside of the dining room was a sweet little balcony. Daddy said, "This is where we'll live if you do work."

That was when I was just a little person. My parents were beginning their career and they had to think about a family but that was the choice my mother had to make. The outcome? Let's just say I can't remember a thing about that plush carpet, the central air or the view from the balcony.