To begin to understand the role of women within the family, and in building a happy home, it is important to understand the background in which the woman was created. The Bible describes Eve as a helper.
In recent times, our societal focus on material wealth has been a key factor influencing many women in becoming “freed” from their status as homemakers.
The rising need to be a financial support to the husband and the need to be a career woman, has made many women to accept jobs in the corporate world.
For lots of women, who cannot manage both the home front and the Job without one affecting the other, this decision has denied many of a happy home.
One of the divine assignments given to women in general is to stand in the gap for your home. Be available.
Be available for your children, talk to them and you will marvel at what they know. Don’t leave this responsibility to the children worker in church and school alone. We are in the Information Age where children are exposed to a lot and know many things. Get to know their challenges and fears.
If you are always running up and down for things of life and you are not available to train your children, I’m afraid it may have a negative implication in the nearest future.
It is however important to know that, being responsible at the home front does not stop you as a woman from having a thriving career or businesses.
There are women who have thriving careers and successful businesses and still raise kids who are useful to themselves, the family and the country at large, the goal is to be available in their lives.
Remember, you are not just a woman but a powerhouse of creativity.