Homemaker Part 1 - The beginning

Titus 2:5 "To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed."

I was thinking a few days ago about my role. Not my role in this world, but my God-given role. So, with that being said I decided to blog about this role as a homemaker. This will have to be in a series for ease of read and due to so much information that is brewing in my head. I figured I would start with the beginning, how I became to be a homemaker and then I will continue on from there.

JT and I got married in 2004. We were in no way attempting to live Christian lives, let alone find God's purpose of us through the roles he has given us. However, I got pregnant after 2 months of marriage and being in the position to do so, I didn't diligently seek work. I applied at a few places, but nothing came to fruition (<---lol). Then after I had Gia, we decided with the cost of daycare we would work opposite schedules. So, we did that for the next 3-1/2 years. I still took care of my home, of course. Then as it happened, a situation occurred at work, and I decided to quit. We both were thinking about it for a while and it seems that with this situation God gave us an easy out, a way we could walk away and not look back. While I didn't like the situation that happened, I am thankful because it was exactly what needed to happen for us to walk away from that job. Thus began my full-time stay at home role. Now I did babysit to bring in extra income, but I was finally and officially a stay at home mom.

That is all I am going to share at the moment. I am going to leave you with what a homemaker is NOT.

• A homemaker is not unintelligent.
• A homemaker is not lazy.
• A homemaker is not dreamless or hopeless.
• A homemaker is not held down by man-made notions or expectations.
• A homemaker is not held back by her husband.
• A homemaker is not trying to be a sacrificial martyr.
• A homemaker is not bitter for lack of recognition, but humbled by the position.
• A homemaker is not a result a weak woman.
• A homemaker is not inferior.

See you in Homemaker Part 2.