I am only finding this article today (http://jenwilkin.blogspot.com/2013/02/christian-subculture-and-stay-at-home.html) It is a wonderful, encouraging article as I am a working
mom, going to college and yet my husband has just taken over the family
business and I may not need to work much longer.
I have given birth to 4 children but we have 6 total, our youngest is
11. I had to work as a single mother for
years before I met my husband and now that things may be changing where I can
stay at home our children are 22, 21, 18.75, 18, 16 and 11. I've worked outside the home for over 20
years. I have done all I could to host
Bible Study's in my home in the evenings, stay involved in the church, etc. and
the guilt, uncertainty, and FEAR that all of my efforts may still not being
enough - are real. I don't fit in with ambitious working women and nor do I fit
in with the stay-at-home-moms (SAHMs). My focus has to remain on
what I truly believe the Lord is calling me to and it has always been and
remains, to raise my children in the love and admonition of the Lord and Love my
husband as myself and honor him. I
believe my education and work experience do help equip my children and give
them intelligence, and perspectives but nothing is greater than pointing them
to Jesus. In the end I believe this article focuses on what is really the issue
– “A mother’s true enemies - selfishness and
self-centeredness - know no job description... The Christian response to
society’s devaluing of the SAHM cannot be the devaluing of the WOHM. Rather,
the church must be committed to the nurture of all mothers, regardless of their
work status." Well stated Jen.
