Passionate Housewives desperate for God
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 11:58
Thought this was worth reposting today from my inbox.
Donna Martin has a newsletter called Kindred Spirits and this is what she sent out this morning from Passionate Housewives Desperate for God by Jennie Chancey.If you have never read this book ,you need to pick yourself up a copy and enjoy.It is a great read for those who are dedicated to God,family and home.It will renew and refresh your passion.Have a great day !!!!!
Keepers at Home in an Imperfect World
As countless stories of martyred saints tell us, Christians didn’t just go along to get along or make any attempts to be "relevant" to their society. Instead, they went against the grain, obeying God’s commands even when it meant losing their homes or their lives. Nero burned them as torches to light his evening parties. Wild animals ate them in the arena as spectators cheered. Emperors passed edicts against Christ-worship, forcing the followers of Jesus into catacombs for safety.
It was in the context of this "ideal" world that God commanded husbands to give honor to their wives and love them as Christ loved the church, while pagan men treated their wives as chattel and committed infidelity as a part of their religion. It was during this tumultuous time that God commanded the older women to teach the younger women to love and submit to their husbands, to keep their homes, to love their children, to welcome strangers, to care for the poor, and to be focused, rather than frivolous. Together the husband and wife were to train up the next generation of Christians to embrace God’s design for the family.
God gave His commands to a feeble people lacking much and expected them to obey Him with great joy - with a hopeful understanding that God would supply all their needs if they just did what He said. God is a Keeper of promises. When He tells us to be salt and light, we must stop trying to figure out ways to make ourselves palatable to the world’s tastes. How will they find hope if we live hopeless of seeing God do what He promises? If the Body of Christ doesn’t believe in and act upon the promises of God, then how can we ask others to do so?
I’m here to testify to the goodness of God and the beauty and wonder of following His ways. Am I sinless? Not on your life. Do my children obey perfectly? No, they don’t. Are there days we lose perspective? Yest, of course. We’re fallen human beings, after all. But the good news is that we’ve been bought with a price that the One who owns us calls us His friends (John 15:15). His commandments are not burdensome, and when we throw ourselves wholeheartedly into following them, we find rest, refreshment, and encouragement along the way. This is our birthright as Christians. Let’s not sell it for a mess of pottage. Let’s not wait for a mythical "ideal world" to come along in which it will be easy to obey. Let’s face the fact that the Christian life is going to involve hard work and start getting our hands dirty!
("Excerpt from Passionate Housewives Desperate for God"
By Jennie Chancey)
As countless stories of martyred saints tell us, Christians didn’t just go along to get along or make any attempts to be "relevant" to their society. Instead, they went against the grain, obeying God’s commands even when it meant losing their homes or their lives. Nero burned them as torches to light his evening parties. Wild animals ate them in the arena as spectators cheered. Emperors passed edicts against Christ-worship, forcing the followers of Jesus into catacombs for safety.
It was in the context of this "ideal" world that God commanded husbands to give honor to their wives and love them as Christ loved the church, while pagan men treated their wives as chattel and committed infidelity as a part of their religion. It was during this tumultuous time that God commanded the older women to teach the younger women to love and submit to their husbands, to keep their homes, to love their children, to welcome strangers, to care for the poor, and to be focused, rather than frivolous. Together the husband and wife were to train up the next generation of Christians to embrace God’s design for the family.
God gave His commands to a feeble people lacking much and expected them to obey Him with great joy - with a hopeful understanding that God would supply all their needs if they just did what He said. God is a Keeper of promises. When He tells us to be salt and light, we must stop trying to figure out ways to make ourselves palatable to the world’s tastes. How will they find hope if we live hopeless of seeing God do what He promises? If the Body of Christ doesn’t believe in and act upon the promises of God, then how can we ask others to do so?
I’m here to testify to the goodness of God and the beauty and wonder of following His ways. Am I sinless? Not on your life. Do my children obey perfectly? No, they don’t. Are there days we lose perspective? Yest, of course. We’re fallen human beings, after all. But the good news is that we’ve been bought with a price that the One who owns us calls us His friends (John 15:15). His commandments are not burdensome, and when we throw ourselves wholeheartedly into following them, we find rest, refreshment, and encouragement along the way. This is our birthright as Christians. Let’s not sell it for a mess of pottage. Let’s not wait for a mythical "ideal world" to come along in which it will be easy to obey. Let’s face the fact that the Christian life is going to involve hard work and start getting our hands dirty!
("Excerpt from Passionate Housewives Desperate for God"
By Jennie Chancey)
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