You're not "just" a homemaker...you're shaping culture
The Counter-Cultural Home Series | Episode #1
What would the world be like if every single household had intentional, godly homemakers?
Have you ever asked yourself that question?
What would adults become if they had mothers who showed them the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)?
Or spent the day raising them instead of prioritizing their career?
What would marriages look like if boys were raised by women who modeled patience and respect?
What would women believe about their worth if they were raised by mothers who lived out godly femininity instead of striving for the world’s applause?
These are questions I find myself asking when I think about the importance of a godly woman who keeps her home.
When you get close to someone and they share about their life and how they got to where they are, most of the time they accredit some behavior that they desire to change or some breakthrough that they had to how they were raised.
The home is where every person develops thoughts and ideas.
Every child sees the example of their mother and father, both through their words and actions, and forms their own identity and way of thinking.
Many adults can attribute their current decisions to the traditions and the teaching of parents or parent figures in their childhood years.
So, I find it ridiculous and out-right crazy that we think a godly homemaker who prioritizes serving her family and doing everything as if unto the Lord (Colossians 3:23-24) should have the words “just a” in front of the word “homemaker.”
I would argue that being a godly homemaker is the utmost important, most difficult, and most rewarding job a woman can occupy.
With these little souls that you get to nurture and raise up, you are molding what type of humans they will be in the world one day.
Will you raise daughters that value a career over their marriage and home? or who find worth in any man that calls them pretty instead of The Father?
Will you raise sons who weakly follow the decisions of their wife and lead their home to disaster? or who choose women with a Jezebel spirit?
(side note: I think it’s important for husbands to instill manly things into their son, but I think we as women show our sons wonderful examples of what a godly woman is like and many other things.)
How we show up in our homes literally changes the future. For our children and their children.
It might seem small, but our work as dedicated, hardworking homemakers has an impact that lasts for generations.
Here are just two ways that women mold generations to come:
Food: Proverbs 31:14 boasts of a woman who “brings her food from afar.” I love this idea of a woman who goes the extra mile to make sure that her family has good food. In our modern day, this can look like taking the extra step to find food at the store that actually nourishes your family. As you teach your children how important it is to eat nourishing foods, they are learning things for their future children as well. Eating healthy also changes how you feel, which can change how you act. These things all matter.
Marriage: How you treat your husband is extremely important. The better you treat your husband and work heartily in your role as a helper, the better your husband performs in whatever God has called him to. Not only does that ultimately have a great impact for the Kingdom and for society, your children are seeing the example of your godly marriage. As your children grow and find their spouse, they have a beautiful example of what a marriage should look like, which in turn can bless their home and children as well.
There are many other ways that women have impacts on generations to come, but I hope from these two examples, you can see how seemingly small things are actually incredibly important.
As a godly wife, your worth is far above rubies (Proverbs 31:10), and I hope you remember that as you work with your hands each day in your home.
There is fruit that comes from the work that you do (Proverbs 31:31).
The Counter-Cultural Home Introduction
This article series goes hand-in-hand with my new podcast-style episodes I’m dropping each week on Instagram called The Counter-Cultural Home, where I share things I’m learning from scripture to build a home God’s way and not culture’s way.
I hope you enjoy!
Introduction episode:
Episode #1 (Companion to this article):
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That's interesting. My mom was a SAHM and I'm still going to be a career woman.