I am the product of Cultural Christianity.
My parents were nominal Christians at best. Because of cultural pressure, they did not abort me but got married instead. 1/6
@HeatherACofer@Anastasia_Hibbs I prayed for a little girl for years. Didn’t grow up with a good mama. She abandoned me. I yearned for a mom/daughter relationship. After 3 boys, God answered my prayer right down to the color hair I dreamed she’d have. I cried. His kindness still overwhelms me.
@HeatherACofer That’s amazing! Moms have to think generationally about raising their kids. There is nothing like the power of a well-ordered home. A home where mom is submitted to dad who is submitted to Christ. It’s a force multiplier and extremely dangerous.
Amen. May it be that the enemy shutters when he looks at my arrows.
I’ve gladly given the prime of my life to sharpen them and the fruit is beautiful. It’s the most important work of all. And the enemy knows it.
One of the most prevalent lies being sold to women: the work that takes place on the home is lesser-than.
I believe one of the enemy’s most successful lies in the past several generations is convincing women that the work happening in the home isn’t as important as work outside the home. Even as Christian women who choose to make it a priority, we might still have the underlying assumption that our obedience means letting go of something better that we could be doing with our time and talents.
This couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s a battle raging against what God intends to take place in our homes, and the enemy is on the prowl to wreak havoc on this by deceiving women who’ve let down their guard (2 Tim. 3:6). The calling on our lives to order and beautify our home holds vast spiritual significance. It’s part of our guardianship over it.
Tending to the inner workings is part of a bigger picture that not only keeps the enemy out, but creates a space where spiritual growth thrives within. We have the commission to create within these four walls an environment where truth and righteousness are taught and practiced, a haven from the storms of wickedness and deception outside.
Does this mean it’s always easy? No. It’s hard work. But the fact that the Lord has 1) put such great value on what happens in the home, and, 2) commissioned us to take care of it is an incredible honor. Remember: so often the most important responsibilities are those which require the most of us. Attention to detail in our homes is part of what will ring those little alarm bells when something is trying to enter that doesn’t belong.
We may never love sweeping or organizing closets. But when we have a vision for what the Lord wants to do within the homes of His people, our joy in the bigger picture increases. The discouragement comes when we think the work we put in (that many won’t witness) doesn’t matter, or it’s just a necessary evil.
So, sister: don’t lose heart.
Don’t listen to the lie that this is lesser-than. Even if your day ends with more piles of laundry than when it started, or the battle over truth and beauty was hard fought, God was glorified as it was
done unto Him.
Be blessed and infused with courage as you work heartily in your home out of love for your family, the saints, and those who need the hope of Christ.
This is how we start each day in our homeschool. I throw in a video from @redpenlogic or @DrFrankTurek and we talk through it.
Today, I was able to tie the meekness inspired from
LPP to a video where @charliekirk11 used meekness (strength under control).
Best part of our day.
Would a student who is culturally and politically engaged be welcomed here?
What is a servant leader in your definition?
(IMO, a leader is serving by leading. That term can mean different things to different people.)
Some questions we’re asking:
What does a man look like when they graduate from here?
(One college told me they had never been asked that question before.)
Who are you forming ideally?
What are your distinctives?
What do you mean by winsome?
.@JoshDaws and I have raised our son for 17 years with one goal in mind:
To make him a dangerous man for the cause of Christ.
We aren’t looking for soft colleges. We’re looking for ones that build men. And who strengthen the roots we’ve established.
More thoughts to come!
@deanna_martin1@JoshDaws That’s what we are weighing and thinking through. What is the best strategy and environment to understand what he believes and why he believes it? To defend it.
@JoshDaws is often talking about and coming up with the ideas out in the public square way before anyone else who is more known is talking about them.
He’s brilliant.
And while I want to shout his name, he really does believe this. He’s a man of humility.
It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets credit. Don’t get angry when people with bigger platforms start saying what you’ve been saying for years. That’s how you know you’ve been effective.
Taking captive every thought doesn’t mean we take captive our own thoughts.
It means we take captive every wrong thought put out there by the spirit of the age and address it with truth. Demolishes strongholds. This is what Charlie did.
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Thank you, @McPherson_Josh1
Charlie was reaching the “lost boys of the West.” The ones who are looking for direction and purpose.
Mamas, our incredible role is to raise dangerous men. Men who live for something bigger than themselves. Look into their eyes and speak the Truth out loud over them. Every day.