Well.....it's snowing here! And I'm enjoying the warm house and fire, with a warm, gooey, home-made chocolate cookie and a bag of chortles. I would cheer for it to continue snowing, but our church has it's Christmas musical tonight, and if it snows too much, they probably will cancel it, so.......Let it snow after tonight!
I love snow! I love winter for that matter, and I absolutely love Christmas! It is my favorite season, my favorite holiday, my favorite period!
This morning, I helped in the nursery during the sermon. Twas fun, as I am a baby-holic and absolutely love them. I love children, love kids, love babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really can't wait till I become a mom! I can't understand all those girls who want to have 'a career', and get all their degrees and enjoy life before having a kid or two! It just blows me away when teenagers and young adults say that, and think that way! Can't they see that that chubby rosy cheeked baby is a precious gift from the Lord?! Can't they see that that the little toddler sitting there on the floor playing with their toys is a beautiful, innocent gift of love from God?! What is wrong with them!!!!!??????? But, then, I do know what's wrong with them. Having eyes, they see not, having ears they hear not. They have been blinded and have become hard hearted. They refuse their God given role in life and their God given responsibility; being a mother and wife. That is what they were created for. (besides honoring and praising God!) But, I digress. By the way, did you know I want 25 kids?! Yep! That's me! Your crazy, baby obsessed, radical, Christian teenager!
Anyways........yesterday, I went to the practice for the musical that's tonight, and afterwards, I went home with *Jane* and her family. We baked cookies(you don't need to know about the disastrous oatmeal cookies! Sorry) put lights on their Christmas tree and decorated it. Then we had pizza for dinner and watched a chick flick! Twas great fun, and I loved it! Thank you, second family!
Well....I guess I'm done rambling for now. I could go on and on about the kid/baby/children/motherhood topic for forever, but I won't do that to you! :)
TTFN! Ta ta for now!
Elizabeth Bennet
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Well the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful.......
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Dearest,
Just because a girl wishes to get degrees and do a job before having kids doesn't mean she is ignoring her God given role. God has given you your love for babies and children in general. God has given you that desire to become a mom just as He has given me the desire to get at least my masters degree and do some work in law. It's not that I don't like children. I want to have children someday. They are a wonderful blessing, but it seems God is calling me on a different path. It's not a wrong path, just a different path.
Jane
PS. The oatmeal cookies weren't a complete disaster. They did come out good.
Sissy,
Well, you know very well that I disagree. You know that I believe that women shouldn't have a job outside of the home. 1st Timothy 5:14 teaches that a woman's place is in the home as does Titus 2:4-5 And in Lady Lydia's words from http://homeliving.blogspot.com/2005/01/do-what-god-says-do-and-let-him-take.htmlin, "The Bible references to women being guides of the home and guards of the home are:
First Timothy 5 verse 14,
Titus 2
The commandments for men to be providers for their familes are:
First Timothy chapter 5 verse 8,
Second Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 10
The roles of men and women were defined in Genesis, where man was commanded to work by the sweat of his face and a woman was to be a helpmeet to her husband and to bear children. This can be found by reading the first three chapters in Genesis."
I do believe it is ignoring her God given role. But I'm not going to argue about it with you, as I do not forsee us coming to an agreement anyway. We have very different opinions on the subject.
And yes, the cookies weren't completely a disaster. Besides, it was fun to make them, even if they did give us trouble. It added comedy to our day! :)
Lizzy
Ah, you must be careful about following that too far. Just as there are women in the Bible that stay home and take care of children, there are also those that were prophets(Exodus 15:20,21; Micah 6:4), poets(1 Samuel 2:1-10), a judge, prophetess, and military leader(Judges 4). You must be careful applying blanket statements.
I realize that.....but those women were exceptions, and God called them to what they did. And, I'm pretty sure....though I could be wrong....that they were single women. They didn't have a husband or children to take care of. (well...besides Hannah. But she was praying. Not leaving her home and getting a 'career' and leaving her family at home....or sending them to school.) Wait...I take that back...Deborah had a husband too. But, like I said these women were exceptions. (And no where in the Bible does it say that God condoned Deberah being a judge. He used her, but He can use anyone, regardless of what they do. I'm positive she was a very godly lady, but that does not mean everything she did was good, and her being a judge might(and I say might) have not been what God wanted.
Anyway....these are my opinions, my convictions, and my standards. I'm not trying to force anyone to agree with me. If no one else agreed with me I'd be fine with it. Cause this is what I belive.
So....Yeah.....back to eating my gooey, warm, delicious brownie!
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