This is not to toot any horns, but to encourage all those women out there who were and are dedicated to womanhood as God sees it. Proverbs 31. Let no man tell you that you did not work hard or that you were not smart because you didn't work under a boss for a paycheck.
I just watched the video of a man on a talk show who proclaimed loudly that women would be happier in the home taking care of their families, than they are in the work place, he was mocked and demeaned by the hosts. My response was the following:
"The bearded guy is right!!! I have been content to be at home the last 45 years. The sad thing is that women have been reprogrammed to believe they are happier with a career. I have never been bored at home, a day in my life. Feminists like to lie and say that anyone at home must be stupid and unproductive because they don't bring home a check. The fact is that I have been much more productive and free about choices to produce than any woman who went under a boss at work." Unquote
Being at home has allowed me the freedom to learn new things, go new places and produce things that I would not have had time for had I had to go off campus spending 8 hours and longer a day away from home base.
The freedom to be keeper of the home, manager of it, if done correctly, far surpasses the structure of the work place under a boss. The diversity of homemaking is much greater than any job could be.
The problem is that most women are not that creative without a boss to answer to, they must have deep structure to feel productive.
The self starters who love creativity are the ones who are never bored at home. Every day has a new adventure, full of personal choices and opportunities for learning new things. We do not have to be lazy at home as some homemakers are, we can be busy all day long producing products that benefit our families.
I once challenged a woman who was mocking me for being a homemaker. I put up with much of this nonsense when I was home while most of the women around me were working outside the home.
I began to ask her what constituted a "career." Her criteria was that they dressed up, went out the door and brought home a paycheck every week, while doing something exciting.
I asked what difference if makes whether I paint the outside of a house for a paycheck or I do it for my family, I am still working and still producing.
How about when I plan menus for eight people every week, shop for the groceries, bring them home and put them away, is that any different from a maid who gets paid to do it for their employer?
How about when I shop for or sew clothing for the family. As long as I do that for a paycheck for a wealthy family, I have a career but if I do that for my own family without a paycheck then it isn't a career?
When I decorate my own home for the pleasure of me and my family, it is nothing to the naysayers, however if I do that for a wealthy family, I am called a decorator, gaining the approval of others and a paycheck, then I am seen as having a career.
Then there are all the run around things I did for the various activities for the children. If I were being paid by others to do it then I would be seen as having a taxi service, a career.
Lets look at the food preparation, canning in the summer to provide for the winter, cooking the meals while teaching the girls how to become homemakers. If I was hired by a wealthy family to do this, I would be counted as having a career?
The yard work, mowing, edging and planting most of my life to keep things up, would be seen as "grounds keeping" had I been paid to do it, it would be seen as a career, but since I didn't receive recognition or a paycheck I was not seen as having a career.
I have painted the inside and outside of all the houses we have lived in, worked hard but was not seen as a "working woman" because there was no paycheck for it.
Can't count the number of loads of laundry I have done, dirty diapers that hung on the line or dishes that have been washed to carry out duties at home, but of course none of this counted because I was not earning a paycheck. Had I been hired by others to do these things I would have been seen as having a career because there was a paycheck and recognition for doing these things.
Oh, then there is the volunteer work that I did in my spare time. But of course that never counted because there was no pay check. Had I done those things for a pay check I would have been seen as having a career, revered by those who think having a career in the world makes us who we are as a person.
I homeschooled some of our children, had I gotten a paycheck for that I would have been called a teacher. LOL
Homemakers work hard, they support their husbands in his activities as well as managing the household, every aspect of it. They are the CEO's of their business in a sense, doing it out of love for their families. But because it isn't away from the home and without a paycheck they are demeaned, mocked and minimized.
It makes sense that the devil would want to destroy the most important job in the world, the making of a home where security and safety is for those who dwell there.
Everything that is godly and righteous will be mocked and demeaned because the devil is in the business of destroying. Only the strong women can stay at home putting up with the mocking and demeaning day after day.
Homemaking is not for wimps, it is only for the strong who can think for themselves, work without a boss and continue when there doesn't seem to be any real support for what they are doing.
You homemakers...Don't let any fool hearty liberal tell you that you have no value unless you leave the home. Laugh in their faces and turn on your heels to get away from them.
I've never been bored a day in my life, a little lonely at times but never bored.
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