An Encouraging Word

by Vyckie

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“Angel is a very sweet, godly young woman. she has prayerfully come to the decision to stay at home and help with the business, homeschool, housework, etc. for as long as the Lord is leading her. Angel, Warren, and I all believe that the Lord has given our family as her ministry and that she is serving Him by serving at home….”

Shortly before Angel graduated from home school, I wrote the following letter to Skeet Savage (Wisdom’s Gate) which she published in the Fall 2003 edition of An Encouraging Word magazine:

Daughters At Home “Doing Nothing”

I’m feeling incredibly exasperated lately due to the constant “peer pressure” regarding our oldest daughter who will be 18 in November.

Because Angel is “graduating” this year we are constantly being asked, “What are her plans?” Well, she’s still praying about the long-term but, for now, she’s committed to staying at home and helping with our family business and homeschooling the younger ones.

No, this is not her first choice of what she’d like to do ~ she’d like to go to Ben Speer’s singing school in Tennessee, or maybe attend BJU, or get a job outside the home so she’d have more spending money, or a thousand other possibilities! BUT, after prayerful consideration Angel feels that for now she has an obligation to help her family. Continue reading »

Snapshot 2009-07-02 07-25-19

Me ~ Feb. 2007. Too exhausted to get out of bed ~ still, the work had to be done …

There’s quite a discussion about feminism going on over on the NLQ forums ~ and it’s got me thinking about another no-win situation for Quiverfull moms.

As a faithful Proverbs 31 woman of God, I was very concerned about my reputation ~ not for the sake of what people thought about *me,* of course ~ because, you know ~ I was very careful not to seek the “approval of men rather than God.” No ~ my reputation was important only because I cared about my witness ~ I did not want the Word of God “blasphemed” on account of my unsubmissive attitude towards my husband, which would be, of course ~ evidence of a rebellious spirit towards the Lord.

As much as I feared being known as a haughty, manipulative, domineering, deceived and deceiving JEZEBEL ~ I was absolutely mortified at the very notion that I might be perceived as an angry, independent, man-hating, self-promoting FEMINIST. Continue reading »