When God brought forth the first beautiful woman from the side of Adam, what realm did she come into? She immediately came forth to be a wife . . . and then a mother. After the glorious introduction of Eve to Adam, God states: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his WIFE: and they shall be one flesh” (Genesis 2:24).Wow! She didn’t even have time to be single. She didn’t have time to find who she really was. She didn’t have time to have her fling before she settled down into marriage. She didn’t have time to have fun before she had children. She didn’t even have time to go to college! These are the comments we hear in today’s society.
Now don’t get me wrong. I know there are some women who will not get married. There are others who do not meet “the right one” until their thirties, or even forties. However, the majority meet when they are relatively young. This is God’s plan. This is the way He created us. This is the time of life when He puts the desire within us for marriage, and yes, for sexual union.
Society today believes in the waiting game. You must wait unto you are more mature. You must wait until you have finished college. You must wait until you are financially settled. You must wait until “you have all your ducks in a row.” You must wait until you have traveled and seen the world! This sounds wise advice, but is it biblical?
We read in Malachi 2: 15 about the “wife of his youth” and Joel 1:8 about the “husband of her youth.” We read in Psalm 127:4 about the “children of your youth.” The word “youth” in the Hebrew word “na’uwr” and means “young people, juvenile.” That doesn’t sound like old to me.
If Colin and I had waited until we were financially secure before we married, we wouldn’t be married yet! If we waited for the “perfect” time to have children, we still wouldn’t have any children! It all sounds so plausible, but it’s hot air and the wisdom of this world. The reality is that God intends couples to marry young and have children when they are young.
We don’t find who God wants us to be by doing our own thing. We find who we are as women through marriage and motherhood. This is how we mature. This is how a young man matures. There is nothing like marriage to mature a young man. You watch him grow before your eyes (unless he is unteachable and without godly training). Ultimately, God gives parents the responsibility to prepare their children for marriage, from childhood through adolescence.
Amazingly, many couples are quite happy with the waiting game. But what happens with all this waiting? Instead of coming to marriage as pure virgins and righteous young men they often come violated. God’s plan is for “young men to marry virgins” (Isaiah 62:5). The waiting game does not help God’s plan.
Why do we think we know better than God?
Blessings,
Nancy Campbell
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How do you and your family pray? How often do you pray? I must confess, dear ladies, that it surprises me how little God’s people are praying at this time. How can that be? We are facing lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and tyranny. And still the church of God isn’t calling for prayer meetings and crying out to God? What must yet happen before God gets our attention?
It is wonderful to read Scriptures about the tender mercies of God. It reveals His character to us. I read another one this morning in Psalm 25:6: “Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lobvingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.”
How do you feel about your home? Do you feel like a prisoner? Are you longing for the day when you can get on to something different? Or is your delight in your home? Is it your favorite place to be?
1 John 5:19 (ESV): "The whole world lies in the power of the evil one." If this world is in the grip of the evil one, how do we live without getting pulled into its grip? How do we keep our children from its control? We've got to swim upstream.
Your baby will be impacted by your attitudes while in the womb. Embrace your precious baby to your heart from the moment you are aware and begin praying prayers of blessings and protection and God’s anointing on your baby.
When Pearl and Evangeline or I have a birthday, our favorite gift is to receive a surprise from Serene. No, it’s not something from the shop! We love it when she makes one of her great concoctions--something that no one has ever tasted before.
Isn’t that amazing? Motherhood goes into eternity. It is the most lasting career in the universe. I met a lovely mother today who has seven children that she fought against all odds to bring into the world. But she also had 21 miscarriages. Wow, just think of all the precious lives she will meet in eternity! What overwhelming joy.
Currently, my brother and his wife and part of STORY WORTH where they write about their lives in answer to questions from their family. I love reading their stories and the other day my brother shared this confession. It’s a good story to read to your children too.
I love these words. We don’t trust when it is easy but when it is the hardest thing of all. And we always find that God is faithful. His everlasting arms are waiting underneath us.
A daycare worker was sharing with me that they take in babies from six weeks old. And yet dog breeders do not sell their puppies until eight weeks and up to 12 weeks for toy breeds. How is that human mothers can give up their babies so soon? What has happened to the value of mothering? This worker also mentioned that many mothers never even check to find out when their baby or toddler slept or what food they were given for the day or when. Where is their concern and yearning over their child?
Isn’t it so wonderful that the Bible uses the same Hebrew word to describe the womb of the woman as God’s tender mercies and compassion? As you embrace life in your woman you are showing the love and and mercy of God. As a mother comforts her babe so God comforts and consoles in all our adversities.
I love Thy kingdom, Lord!
Do you love showing hospitality?
The nurturing, cherishing, teaching, training, influencing, and the powerful prayers of a mother can never be underestimated. Your influence is powerful, dear mother.
God created male and female. He has no other plan.
Every new baby that is born into the world reveals again the existence of God.
...is a powerful thing. It keeps the world going. It brings security. It reaps the reward of those who are faithful in the little things. Be encouraged today, mother.