Stay-at-Home Mom: The Hardest Job Around

I read the other day that a Stay-at-Home Mom would receive almost $90,000 for her salary if she were monetarily paid for what she did. Honestly, I think she should be paid more. I don't know how you enjoy bathing one child while another pees on the floor only to have your spouse get impatient because he is sinfully angry at the timing of the urination spill and the fact that this liquid waste is on the bottom of the child's feet and is spreading faster than gossip about Brad Pitt’s romantic life.

I don't think you could pay me enough, but somehow, in God's kind grace, he gave me a wife who would not trade it for the world. I see dirty diapers and she sees wonderful memories. I see running noses and she has compassion on a new tooth coming in. I hear a baby crying, she hears "Mommy, I want to be close to you right now!" Motherhood...now this is biblical womanhood.

A Little Bit of Leadership

Do we really want a good marriage? Guys, do we really want the best for our wives? Here is something that would be great for your next date night. Simply take your wife to her favorite coffee shop or restaurant and ask her, "Do you have any observations of any sin, inconsistencies, or lack of leadership that you see in my life?"

Now this is not easy and your reaction (if you really want to serve you wife) is to listen attentively, even with a pen and paper at hand and see what she is concerned about. This will really help your marriage and it will be so rewarding for your communication...and I don't think you will ever forget how God blessed you for your humility.

Boyz 2 Men

The Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) often has excellent articles. Al Mohler provides one on masculinity and another on Wayne Grudem's new book on feminism.

Observations from a 2 year old...

One of my daughters is two years old and she is already asking questions about daddy being different from mommy. Why? Because we are different. She wonders why hair can grow out of my face, why daddy does not have to sit down to use the bathroom, and why daddy never feeds her baby sister before "night, night time."

To act like men and women are the same is absurd. Even a two year old knows that. Men and women are equal in their position before God and are equal as image bearers of God, but we are oh so very different. Our differences are massive. We differ in the roles God gives us (which we will talk about in later posts) and we are different physically and emotionally. We can either try to downplay these differences or we can celebrate them as God's kind sovereign work in the way He created humanity.

Why Role Call?

The reason this blog is being written is to have a conversation with those in the evangelical world (and beyond) about the importance of the roles of men and women in life (marriage, parenting, singleness, manhood, womanhood, everything).

It is an issue that I used to think was not a big deal, then within a period of 2 weeks in 2005 I heard Dr. Pete Schemm, Dwayne Milioni, and C.J. Mahaney say that this is an issue that is going to be huge for the next generation of the church. I owe much of what I have learned to these three men and the ministries with which they are affiliated. I hope you enjoy.