A Stay At Home Mom

A lot of people are asking me the question lately "So are you getting ready to go back to work?" It's funny because a lot of people, I think, just assume that I am. I don't know if it's because Tyler is a student pastor and they just assume that we will be in poverty if I don't work. ha... someone told me before Tyler and I got engaged that I shouldn't married a potential pastor because I would be poor the rest of my life! Isn't that funny? I mean I was like "what do you mean poor? Are we going to starve to death, have no place to live, or no clothes on our backs?" There was nothing that was going to stop me from marrying Tyler because I knew he was the man God wanted me to marry. Plus, I knew the Lord would always provide for us. My time with the Lord yesterday was exactly what I needed for this time when I am choosing to obey the Lord and stay home with my son and "be busy at home".
1 Timothy 6:6-8 "Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content."
I am doing my quiet times from Table Talk magazine now. I was reading through the Old Testament but then needed a break so back to a devotional book it is.
Anyways, it was wonderful and the Lord really ministered to my heart. It talked about how we shouldn't use godliness as a means of gain. There is great gain in godliness but the gain in which Paul talks about is not financial. John Calvin once said "Godliness is a very great gain to us, because by means of it, we obtain the benefit, not only of being heirs of the world, but likewise of enjoying Christ and all his riches." The gain from godly living is its promise "for the present life and also for the life to come" (1 Tim 4:8)

So, with all that said. I am staying home with Griffin as long as the Lord permits. And I will stay home with all our children Lord willing. Tyler doesn't want me to work. He would rather me be with Griffin all day than someone else. And I would rather do without some things than forfeit seeing my baby every day all day. I pray the Lord will continually make us content with what He gives us, by allowing us to be godly people who trust in Him and who remember each day that we get to enjoy Him now and forevermore.
I do not think it's wrong for mothers to work though, please don't get me wrong. If a momma has to work then she has to work. If the Lord hasn't put the conviction in your heart to stay home then that's ok. This is just what I feel the Lord has called me to do. A lot of women have no choice and I am thankful that I do.

I am so excited about not going back to work too. It was not the easiest thing to get up so early and drive to Bovina every day with the time change. I will miss having a classroom full of students to see each day, though. But I am going to go visit Bovina this year to share Griffin with all my friends and former students there. That will be fun.
So here's to being a stay at home momma! :)