Chapter Eleven....Professionalizing the Roles of Wife and Mother

Ladies, being a wife and a mother are the 2 of the most challenging and important causes there are.  There is nothing in this world that you do that would have a greater eternal impact than to love your husbands well, and in turn, love your children.  I want to preface this chapter by saying I have (nor does Sandy) no agenda to rattle you working moms and pit us against one another.  This chapter is simply to help you value your great role as a wife and mother.  This has been my life verse and I know every woman reading this can apply this to however you spend your days.

 And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him. Col 3:17

The Professional Wife's Strategy
*Talk to your boss-God!!
*Determine a vision for your role as wife
*Develop a plan of action
*Get an education
*Find a mentor

The Professional Mother's Strategy for Success
* Establish unity with your colleague (your hubby)
~mutual respect
~resolving differences
*Talk to your boss-God!
*Determine a vision concerning your children
*Develop a plan of action
*Get an education-remember when Sandy is referring to an education, she is not simply saying "get a college degree, etc", but surround yourselves with resources, books, sermons, cd's, etc that are in your "area" aka parenting, wifedom!!    Jason's grandma is very complimentary of my parenting style and often asks "How do you know to do all that?". And frankly, I wasn't raised this way, so it wasn't "caught" growing up.  But, I have a desire to raise my kids God's way, so that means reading my Bible to see what God says, reading books by respected Christian authors on how to navigate this road of parenting.  We have chosen to raise our children around friends who choose to parent very similarly.   I ask other moms whom I respect and admire how they handle similar situations.   THIS is how you educate yourself.....
*Find a mentor-this is SO important and God tells us in Titus 2:3-5 that the older women are to come alongside the younger women

Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. ⁴ Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, ⁵ to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God


Finally, ladies, speak this over yourself in the coming days:
My children arise and call me blessed; my husband also, and he praises me:  “Many women do noble things,  but I have surpassed them all.            Proverbs 31:28-29

There is power in our words!!

Please, again look over those Reflection Questions and First steps located on p. 215.  Please have our final chapter, Chapter 12, Choosing God's Best by our next serving time on June 16th.  We will be wrapping up our study in 2 weeks!!