Let's follow this story and see what the society has tought one of us about the truth of life.
Society has tought women that childbearing is something we do later once we’ve done all the “better”, “funner”, and “more important things” first.
Instead of raising woman to view children as blessings from the Lord, society teaches woman that children are a burden.
Children and a family are no longer presented as the goal but rather something we may stumble into after we’ve truly “lived life”.
I drank this koolaid and prior to the Lord I never wanted children.
When I got pregnant, I was terrified of “missing out” on what I thought was life.
I’m so thankful that the Lord had different plans for me than I had for myself.
As I’ve embarked on this homeschooling journey, I am truly realizing the toxic society that most of us are indoctrinated in.
We are literally being spoonfed lies that being with our children all day, teaching them, and raising them is unreasonable or reserved for the few.
It’s also clear that the way that society is set up these days that it is very difficult for a family to be raised on one income.
But what I’m realizing and what I’m seeing so clearly in this season is that children are not a burden.
Children are blessings from the Lord.
Motherhood is incredibly difficult, I would even say it’s the hardest thing that I’ve ever done.
Part of that is because I was not raised in a society that fosters motherhood.
I was not raised in a society that teaches women how to be women and I’ve had to go against many molds to be where I’m at today.
I was not raised in the society that values a mother, and especially a mother that stays at home to raise her children.
In this season, I’m seeing the beauty in God’s design in a new and fresh way.
My prayer is that more women would come to the revelation of what truly living looks like before I did close to 40.
Being a wife and a mother is a beautiful gift, albeit difficult and demanding.
Motherhood is a daily opportunity to let go of self for others.
Children are not a burden.
Children are a blessing.
Cooking and cleaning and caring for them is a wonderful and precious way to spend your time.
We’re not missing out on living by having a family but rather we have found the better thing & it will not be taken from us.
Be blessed.
From Lifeline Opinion Magazine.
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By Thomas Omulumo
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