By Sandy Ditoro

 

The dictionary meaning of “home” is: “the social unit formed by a family living together”.  No person gives meaning to this word more than does a wife and mother.

 

Homes are the strength of the nation and the church.  No person gives a home its strength more than does the wife and mother.  Home is the woman’s palace.  She is queen there.  She has power there to make the world a better place.  She has power there to expand the borders of God’s kingdom. 

 

It is no wonder then that the devil ever strives to get woman out of the home, to get the focus of her affections anywhere but the home.  In our wonderful free society never has the devil had more success in removing woman from the home than he has had in the past 30 or 40 years.  Our educational system, our forms of media entertainment, our culture and even many religious leaders have synchronized efforts in one accord with the devil to get woman out of the home.  It makes one stop and think, “If woman were not so vital in the home, would the devil strive so hard to place her anywhere but at home?”

 

The feminist movement of our country is all about getting woman out of the home.  I appeal to godly women.  With the same passionate fervor found in the feminist movement, let’s start a new movement to get woman back into the home. 

 

All scripture starting with Genesis has pointed woman to the home.  To be in harmony with God and not with the devil, we must point women back to the home and never away from it.

 

As Christians we must speak where the Bible speaks and be silent where the Bible is silent in all subjects found in God’s Word, including the subject of woman and the home.  We must never add to God’s Word nor take from it. 

 

It has been my observation that when the subject of “woman and the home” comes up, the subject that follows is “women working outside the home.” Because considering both subjects together creates conflict, guilt, controversy, and disharmony, the subject of “woman and the home” is dropped to soothe the troubled waters. Therefore very little teaching gets done about the home.  The subject seems too taboo for polite company.  Now, who do you think designed such an environment?  The Devil of course! 

 

On the subject of homemakers, let us say what the Bible says.  Even to the question, “But what if a woman is in a difficult situation and has to work?” Think about this: “What harm will it do to just teach God’s standard, or to just quote the verses without adding our “human wisdom” commentary?  Is God’s Word not good enough to be the final say on the matter?

 

I would like for you to consider with me what would happen if all Christian ladies would start practicing this.  It would definitely strengthen our homes, the church and the nation.  Even the woman who still worked outside the home would have the scripture in her heart as she went about her day.

 

She would start to think about her home more.  It would cause her to re-evaluate her priorities.  Instead of taking a class or going to Yoga after work, she would try to spend as much time as possible with her family.  She would start re-arranging her schedule more and more to get closer to the standard that comes from the Father.  Wouldn’t this be a good thing?

 

But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: .. the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—  that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. (Titus 2:1-5)

 

Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully. (1 Timothy 5:14)