A Most Valuable Ministry

From Creation, women were designed to minister to their families - to aid their husbands, to house developing babies in the womb and nurture them as they grow. To be a wife and a mother is a sacred, God-created, God-ordained calling that only women call fulfill. Women are the crowning achievement of Creation! It wasn't "very good" until God fashioned Eve from Adam's rib. Feminism in any realm, secular or evangelical, robs women of the peace and joy rewarded with obedience to God's created order. When women try to "have it all" they become like a jack-of-all-trades: not a expert in anything. They compromise the time with their families to compete with the providential role of men. And for what? The sake of pride.

I just read a chapter by Thom Schreiner from the book Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and wanted to include this encouraging excerpt:

Probably one of the most significant ministry roles for women, although it is not their only role, is their role as wives and mothers. Paul says that mature women are to “train the younger women to love their husbands and children” (Titus 2:4). One thinks of the godly mothers in Scripture like Sarah, Hannah, Ruth, and Mary. What a significant role they played in the history of redemption as wives and mothers! Their influence on their husbands and children is still not fully known to us. Countless unknown wives and mothers have had a tremendous impact on their husbands and children, and the influence of these women will only be revealed on the day of redemption. What a tragedy it is that women’s role as wives and mothers is often viewed as second best today! God has ordained that most women will find the greatest fulfillment in these very callings, and those who do should also realize that the example of their lives, lived faithfully with “the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit” (1 Peter 3:4), will have a lasting effect on many others around them. (pp. 223-224)