Hello Dear Joyful Parent,
It is very refreshing to read a blog that is so happy and positive! Thank You for sharing with us Your journey of finding the right husband ..and thus fulfilling the purpose of Your life ..of being there for Your husband and children! You are SO right! When we submit ourselves to the Lord ...He WILL fulfill the desires of our hearts! ...and there IS a way to be able to stay at home and have enough income too!
Many blessings and great success to You and Your family in all You do!
So...the only reason God created women was to have children? Perhaps I am reading a very different Bible.
I doubt seriously that the only reason God created us was to be wives and mothers. That said, I believe that for many of us it is what we want most.
The highest calling is to learn to let God work His will in our lives, for some of us that will be outside the house, others it will be staying home, and for still others like me it is working from home via my blog.
When I presented this goal to my parents, it was met with dismay, and rejection.
As if somehow wanting to focus on raising my daughter and supporting my husband while earning money in a career I love was the real blashphemy...
I have been struggling with my lifelong desire to be married and have children. God(many years ago) promised me that both things would happen though the children may not be biological (which is fine with me.) I was sick for many years and have just recently come out of that (by His grace!) Now, at 36, I am trying to live for Jesus, to be obedient to Him, to spend time with Him everyday, obey Him, and be the witness that I know He wants me to be. Yet I still have not received the 'desire of my heart.' Does this mean that in some part of my life I am sinning to the point that I won't receive those desires? Or is God just not ready to bring them to fruition. I pray about it most every day. There are times when it is just a prayer and other times when I am out and out begging and in tears. For the most part I am able to wait. I know that He provides ALL of my needs, has placed children in smaller parts of my life, and that He loves me very much. I believe that His promises are true but it is a struggle sometimes to be patient. Any advice?
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