Wife to @joshdaws| Mom of 4| My life for God’s glory
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I am the product of Cultural Christianity.
My parents were nominal Christians at best. Because of cultural pressure, they did not abort me but got married instead. 1/6
Amen. May it be that the enemy shutters when he looks at my arrows.
I’ve gladly given the prime of my life to sharpen them and the fruit is beautiful. It’s the most important work of all. And the enemy knows it.
One of the most prevalent lies being sold to women: the work that takes place on the home is lesser-than.
I believe one of the enemy’s most successful lies in the past several generations is convincing women that the work happening in the home isn’t as important as work outside the home. Even as Christian women who choose to make it a priority, we might still have the underlying assumption that our obedience means letting go of something better that we could be doing with our time and talents.
This couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s a battle raging against what God intends to take place in our homes, and the enemy is on the prowl to wreak havoc on this by deceiving women who’ve let down their guard (2 Tim. 3:6). The calling on our lives to order and beautify our home holds vast spiritual significance. It’s part of our guardianship over it.
Tending to the inner workings is part of a bigger picture that not only keeps the enemy out, but creates a space where spiritual growth thrives within. We have the commission to create within these four walls an environment where truth and righteousness are taught and practiced, a haven from the storms of wickedness and deception outside.
Does this mean it’s always easy? No. It’s hard work. But the fact that the Lord has 1) put such great value on what happens in the home, and, 2) commissioned us to take care of it is an incredible honor. Remember: so often the most important responsibilities are those which require the most of us. Attention to detail in our homes is part of what will ring those little alarm bells when something is trying to enter that doesn’t belong.
We may never love sweeping or organizing closets. But when we have a vision for what the Lord wants to do within the homes of His people, our joy in the bigger picture increases. The discouragement comes when we think the work we put in (that many won’t witness) doesn’t matter, or it’s just a necessary evil.
So, sister: don’t lose heart.
Don’t listen to the lie that this is lesser-than. Even if your day ends with more piles of laundry than when it started, or the battle over truth and beauty was hard fought, God was glorified as it was
done unto Him.
Be blessed and infused with courage as you work heartily in your home out of love for your family, the saints, and those who need the hope of Christ.
This is how we start each day in our homeschool. I throw in a video from @redpenlogic or @DrFrankTurek and we talk through it.
Today, I was able to tie the meekness inspired from
LPP to a video where @charliekirk11 used meekness (strength under control).
Best part of our day.
Started the week visiting @Hillsdale. Ending it with a visit to @BoyceCollege today.
Some questions we’re asking:
What does a man look like when they graduate from here?
(One college told me they had never been asked that question before.)
Who are you forming ideally?
What are your distinctives?
What do you mean by winsome?
.@JoshDaws and I have raised our son for 17 years with one goal in mind:
To make him a dangerous man for the cause of Christ.
We aren’t looking for soft colleges. We’re looking for ones that build men. And who strengthen the roots we’ve established.
More thoughts to come!
Taking captive every thought doesn’t mean we take captive our own thoughts.
It means we take captive every wrong thought put out there by the spirit of the age and address it with truth. Demolishes strongholds. This is what Charlie did.
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Thank you, @McPherson_Josh1
Charlie was reaching the “lost boys of the West.” The ones who are looking for direction and purpose.
Mamas, our incredible role is to raise dangerous men. Men who live for something bigger than themselves. Look into their eyes and speak the Truth out loud over them. Every day.
I wish every mom would think generationally about the work they do in raising their children.
We work for the years that we won’t see.
He won’t like me doing this, but I’m doing it anyway. Happy birthday to my best friend and one true love @JoshDaws. He is strong and steady and a man of conviction. A deep thinker and a man who deeply loves the Church and his Lord. A man of integrity and character.
I just listened to this. I stand in awe of the power of God to absolutely transform hearts. She was told the truth and it set her free.
My mom abandoned me when I was sixteen, leaving me to mother my three younger siblings. There has been no greater rejection or devastation in my life. It marked me. 1/4
My children will tell their children and their children will tell their children to love the Lord God will all their heart, mind, soul and strength. This is the generational vision I have. This is what fuels me. By God’s grace, this is my work. 3/4
“You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, training them up in God’s fear, minding the house, and making your household a church for God as your would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts.” -Charles Spurgeon
It’s the first week of school at the Daws abode!
I’m excited to be studying ancient history with my kids this year - Creation to the Fall of Rome. We will be reading narrative books that are about or set in ancient history. And the Bible is our main textbook!
This guy is the real deal. He protects, provides and points our kids to Christ daily. He makes our world go ‘round. Happy Father’s Day, @JoshDaws!
